There was no one else in the pub and it was very quiet, just the right place for a chat.
After finding a seat at random and sitting down, Lu Xi showed great interest in the mercenaries he had just met and asked Ayina about those mercenaries.
But in fact, what Lu Xi wanted to know more was what the profession of "mercenary" represented in another world.
Ayina found a clean cup behind the bar of the tavern, then went to the kitchen behind the tavern to pour a glass of water for Lu Xi, and then she started to tell Lu Xi.
"Mr. Clyde and the others came to the village five nights ago. My father said that the name of their mercenary group is the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group. It is an intermediate mercenary group with a total of seven members. Mr. Clyde is The leader of the mercenary group."
Lu Xi couldn't help but interrupt, "Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group? Is it very famous?"
Ayina was stunned for a moment and scratched her head in embarrassment, "I don't know, my father never told me, but it should be very powerful. After all, it is an intermediate mercenary group. My father said that he would become an intermediate mercenary group." , there must be a member of an intermediate elemental warrior or an intermediate elemental mage."
Lu Xi pondered, indeed, she had only met three of them, and she had already felt that they were different from ordinary civilians. Although Village Chief Luli also felt dangerous, he could not compare with the sense of oppression brought by these people.
"Have they been living there since they came to the village? It seems that Mr. Clyde just came back from outside. Do you know what he did?" Lu Xi showed an interested expression.
"Yes, Mr. Clyde and his friends have been staying at Kenler's house. I heard that they brought a lot of things with them when they came. However, I slept too fast that night and didn't see the things that Mr. Clyde and his friends brought."
"Mr. Clyde and the others go out every day, usually to the Prohei Forest. They seem to be looking for something. I followed them once, and it was at the edge of the forest, but later Mr. Clyde said that they wanted to go deep into the Prohei Forest. , it was very dangerous, so he didn’t ask me to follow him anymore.”
"The monster meat used in tonight's bonfire party was hunted by Mr. Clyde from the Prohei Forest."
These are not big secrets. The villagers of Kuwa Village see the daily actions of the mercenary group. Anyone who asks them can get a clear answer, so Ayina does not feel guilty at all when answering.
Lu Xi did not ask further, as her purpose would have been too obvious, so she asked someone else, "Does Ms. Hai Lin go out every day?"
Ayina thought for a while and shook her head, "I have never seen Ms. Hailin go out. She seems to be in the yard all the time."
"Have you never been in the yard?" Lu Xi was curious.
"Mr. Clyde doesn't allow people to go near the yard. If we need to do something, we'll do it in the front room and then take it to the backyard. My father said that Mr. Clyde and the others must have brought something dangerous. I'm afraid He won’t let us get close until he hurts us.”
Ayina's eyes were full of envy, "McDon's story said that mercenaries are like this, always accompanied by danger."
"Do you want to become a mercenary?" Lu Xi thought Ayina's expression at this time was very interesting.
"Hehe." Ayina replied, looking a little embarrassed, but her tone was very firm, "Yes, I want to be a mercenary like Mr. Clyde."
"I want to travel through various kingdoms with my friends, see the mountains and oceans mentioned in the story, hunt those dangerous monsters, go to the dragon's lair to find treasures, witness the elves' tree of life, and see Look how beautiful the Kraken is.”
How should I put it? Looking at Ayi's appearance, Lu Xi couldn't help but think of the scene when he was in elementary school and spoke enthusiastically with his classmates in a Chinese composition class titled "I want to be a XX when I grow up."
They are naive and innocent, but the reality after growing up is to become a "social animal". None of the beautiful imaginations they once imagined have been realized. Instead, they suffer from the exploitation and torture of work every day.
Lu Xi didn't know what a mercenary was like, but it couldn't be as beautiful as Ayina said.
"Hahaha, you kid, you have such wonderful thoughts, mercenaries are not the kind of good things you think." The weak door of the tavern was pushed open, and a man in his thirties walked in and said, Then he expressed what Lu Xi was thinking.
Lu Xi looked up and saw an unshaven old man with an unkempt beard who looked full of various life experiences. He had already walked in. He was also wearing leather armor, but the leather armor might have been damaged too many times and only half of it was left. , he put it on his body diagonally, only protecting important positions, and he carried a huge weapon on his back.
"Boy, where's the old man in the tavern? Ask him to bring me two barrels of wine."
Before Ayina could react, the man had already finished his request.
"Didn't you say that their wine tastes weird? Why are you still drinking it?" Another voice came from behind the man, "Go back quickly, the boss is waiting for us."
The boy, who looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old, had an impatient look on his face. He was not wearing leather armor or armor. Instead, he was wearing a brand new black robe with invisible dark patterns embroidered on it. He also had straps on his hands and ankles. , for easy movement, there is a silver long sword hanging on the waist, but it does not look like it is used much, it is more like a decoration.
"It tastes a little weird, but it's not that you can't drink it. It's good to have wine in a place like this. I'm not that picky. Young master, the boss is right opposite. It's only two steps away. You can go back by yourself. Just You don't have to wait for me." The man reached out and took out his ears, looking like he didn't care at all.
The young man snorted with a cold face, "The boss said that we work in pairs to look after each other to avoid accidents. You haven't gone back with me to see the boss, so we can't be separated."
"Okay, young master, what kind of accident can happen in such a big village?" The man rolled his eyes rudely.
Ayina waited until the two of them had almost finished arguing before saying hello. She looked like she was used to seeing this scene, "Mr. Cagli, Mr. Xiulan, there will be a bonfire party in the village tonight, and Old Kurt has taken away all the wine." No, not here."
"Tsk." Kagli touched his hair unhappily. Without embarrassing Ayina, he turned around and walked out, "Okay, let's go, young master."
Xiulan ignored Kagli and glanced at Lu Xi, who had been silent. She frowned but didn't say anything. She turned around and followed Kagli, "Humph, it's a waste of time."
Lu Xi lowered her eyes and thought. If the few mercenaries she had seen before were more in line with her stereotype of mercenaries, then Xiulan's existence definitely exceeded her imagination.
Xiulan must be a mercenary from a noble family. Lu Xi intuitively told Lu Xi that this could be proven by the title of "eldest young master" in Kagli's mouth, as well as the clean and brand-new clothes on Xiulan. The fabric was definitely not It can be worn by ordinary civilians.
"Miss Lucy, what are you thinking about?" Ayina noticed Lu Xi's trance.
"The mercenary named Xiulan looks very young. Can he become a mercenary at such a young age?" Lu Xi turned the topic to Xiulan.
"Well, Mr. Xiulan is indeed very young. There seems to be no age limit for becoming a mercenary. But if you want to become a mercenary, you must at least become a low-level elemental warrior. I don't know if I can become an elemental warrior. I won't be an adult until I turn sixteen. It's still a long time." Ayina was discouraged.
Lu Xi keenly grasped the key point in this sentence: there is an age requirement to become an elemental warrior.
But asking this question seemed like she was too ignorant, so Lu Xi had no choice but to skip the question and ask about the monster she was most concerned about.
"Aina, have you seen many monsters? Are they all dangerous? I don't seem to have seen any dangerous monsters in the forest."
"There are many monsters in the Black Forest that I have seen. Only low-level monsters are more dangerous. But Miss Lucy, it would be better if you haven't seen any low-level monsters." Aina told the truth honestly.
After all, if he saw dangerous low-level monsters, Lu Xi wouldn't be able to appear here.
Lu Xi was silent, and then continued to ask seemingly unconcernedly, "What if you meet monster cubs without their parents? Do you want to kill them?"
"I think I should." Ayina was confused for a moment, maybe she hadn't thought about this problem.
When he heard these words, Lu Xi's heart suddenly went cold.
But soon, Ayina scratched her head again, "If I brought it back to the village to raise it, I would have to pay a large deposit every year. Our village should not have that much money, otherwise my father would have gone to catch some monsters in the Prohei Forest. The cubs are back and raised.”
"But if they are allowed to grow up, they will hurt people in the future, so they should be killed directly."
Lu Xi stared at Ayina for several times, until Ayina nervously began to think about whether he had done something wrong, and then slowly exhaled.
She was breathing heavily when she spoke, which scared her to death.
"Why do you need to pay a deposit?"
"Because low-level monsters can easily get out of control and may hurt people. The patrol team will take the initiative to clean up low-level monsters when they see them. Even if they are raised by the village themselves, only by paying a deposit will the patrol team not regard them as The danger has been eliminated, and you can also enter the town of Viguri with the monsters that have paid the deposit." Ayina answered matter-of-factly.
Lu Xi accepted the answer and felt a lot more relaxed at the same time. She also had a lot of jewelry and gold threads on her body, which were all valuable items. She could buy a safe place for Xiao Yuan. She didn't need to worry about others yelling at Xiao Yuan when they saw her. Called kill.
After exhaling a breath, the smile on Lu Xi's face became much more real. He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, "It's already noon, you should go back to eat."
She was going back to share the good news with Xiao Yuan.
"Is this a pocket watch?" Ayina was surprised. "It's so small. I only have a very big clock at home that I can use to tell the time."
As a former trainee knight, Village Chief Luli has many items in his home that are difficult for civilians to obtain, such as clocks.
Lu Xi was in a good mood and took out his pocket watch to look at Ayina, "Yes, but I haven't adjusted it for a long time. I don't know if the time is still so accurate."
Ayina did not take it, but took a few glances from a distance before feeling satisfied. At the same time, she noticed the photo on the inside of the pocket watch, "Is this Miss Lucy when she was a child? Miss Lucy was also very beautiful when she was a child."
Lu Xi smiled without saying anything and put away the pocket watch. Ayina suddenly thought of something, "By the way, Miss Lucy, why don't you come to my house for dinner today at noon? My sister also wants to meet you. She is my five-year-old My sister, she heard that you are beautiful and has always wanted to see you."
Lu Xi blinked. Aina, Ayina, a one-year-old unknown sister, and now a five-year-old sister... Village Chief Luli is really good at giving birth. No wonder there are eleven people in the family.
Unable to hinder Ayina's invitation, Lu Xi finally agreed to go to his house for lunch. Ayina excitedly told Aunt Asuna that Lu Xi would not go back for lunch, and introduced him to Lu Xi when she came back. family member.
In addition to two younger sisters, Ayina also has a ten-year-old younger brother. There are five children in the family!
Five-year-old sister Laura did exactly what Ayina said. As soon as she saw Lu Xi, she started praising her beauty and stayed with Lu Xi throughout the whole process.
At the same time, Lu Xi also met Mrs. Sally, the wife of the village chief of Luli. She was a very tall lady. Although it was a bit rude to say this, her body was really strong. She was so strong that she stood next to the village chief of Luli. , it doesn’t look out of place, the two people match each other very well.
Mrs. Sally prepared a relatively sumptuous lunch for Lu Xi. Of course, no matter how sumptuous it was, it couldn't be separated from the combination of Tonga and black bread.
After the meal, Lu Xi was playing with a few children. When he heard that the village chief Luli was calling the villagers to pick some edible fruits, wild vegetables and other things in the Purohei Forest, he asked Ayina.
"There will be a bonfire party in the evening, and monster meat alone is not enough to eat. My father wants to go to the Problack Forest and get some other food." Ayina was very interested and planned to go along.
Thinking that Xiao Yuan liked to eat roasted mushrooms, Lu Xi was also moved and wanted to pick some for Xiao Yuan to eat, so he approached the village chief Luli.
Village Chief Lu Li thought for a while and realized that there were dozens of villagers going together along the way. They would not go too far into the forest, so safety could be guaranteed. Lu Xi had lived in the wild for a long time, so he would not be too much of a drag on others. So he nodded.
Although he didn't dare to refuse the request of a noble lady.
Lu Xi spent the whole afternoon in the forest, and he got a lot of mushrooms as he wished. Ayina was at the side carrying the basket for Lu Xi.
"Miss Lucy, can you eat this kind of thing? Won't you be poisoned if you eat it?" Ayina looked confused. Someone in their village had eaten mushrooms, but they couldn't tell whether they were poisonous or not, so they picked them together and ate them. After the poisoning incident, no one dared to eat it.
"This kind of mushroom is not poisonous and can be eaten. I ate a lot of it when I was in the forest." Lu Xi shared the mushroom truth with Ayina and the villagers nearby, gaining a lot of support. The grateful look also added a little new ingredient to the bonfire party in the evening.
"However, if you have never eaten mushrooms and are unsure of their toxicity, it is best not to blindly believe in these mushroom theories. It is better to try the poison on other monsters first." Lu Xi added.
Ayina nodded heavily, indicating that she remembered.
By the time the outgoing team returned to the village, it was already getting dark, and a huge bonfire had been raised in the open space of the square. The flames were burning and lighting up half of the village.
