After leaving the old tavern, Lumian stood on the rammed earth road, hesitating where to go.
The morning sun shines down, with a slight coolness.
At this moment, Raymond. Clegg came over from the side:
"I was about to go to you."
"Is there something wrong?" Lumian returned to normal and asked deliberately.
Raymond looked surprised:
"You forgot? Today we are going to find an old man who is about the same age as my grandfather and is still alive and ask about the legend of the wizard."
Lumian raised his hand and held his head, looking pained:
"Really? Why don't I remember, or are you hallucinating?"
Raymond was shocked and frightened, and was about to recall the details to confirm whether he had imagined what happened yesterday when he suddenly saw a smile on Lumian's face.
"You bastard, you're playing pranks again!" Raymond couldn't help but scold.
"The scolding is really weak." Lumian sighed, "Ava is better than you can curse."
Ava. Lizier is a beautiful girl in Cordu Village, and now she is a "goose shepherd".
Her father, Guillaume. Lizier was a shoemaker who was good at making leather shoes from the leather provided by the shepherds, and was famous in several surrounding villages.
"Ava ......" Raymond's expression changed.
He then looked at Lumian:
"Ava is our friend, right?"
"Yes." Lumian smiled and nodded.
The three of them plus Guillaume of the Berry family, Ava's cousin Azema. Lizier is a young man who often plays together.
"Why don't you let Ava also participate in our investigation of the truth of the legend?" Raymond suggested, "You know, his father always said, 'Why do women have to give a property when they get married, how many good families have fallen like this', which made her very uneasy, and if she could get some treasure or reward in the investigation, she should be a lot more relieved."
"I have heard the male owners of several families in the village say similar things, including the priests of the parish, who wish that their brothers would always be at home, and that they would not go out to start a family alone even if they got married, so they needed to be given the property they deserved." Lumian smiled and glanced at Raymond, pretending to be casual, "So many families tend to let one of their children be a shepherd, so that he will basically not get married, have a certain income, and be able to support himself most of the time."
Raymond's face gradually darkened.
He really hadn't thought about this question yet.
This is also the reason why he likes to hang out with Lumian, although most people in the village say that this guy has a bad personality and likes to lie and play pranks, but his knowledge really surpasses that of everyone of his age, unlike himself, he doesn't know much, and he is muddled all day long, so he can only follow the arrangements of his family.
It's good to know...... Lumian said secretly, bringing the topic back on track:
"It's too late now, we have to hurry up and ask someone, and go to Ava tomorrow, well, we can also let little Guillaume and Azema participate in the future, which may not only bring gains, but also an interesting activity that can exercise our abilities."
"Let little Guillaume and Azema join in?" Raymond was a little reluctant.
The more people who share the reward, the less they get.
And the most important thing is that in that case, he will not find a chance to please Ava.
Lumian looked at this guy, and his eyes were a little more kind and compassionate:
Silly boy, do you think Ava can look down on you? She has high eyebrows, she just wants to marry a good family, she obviously has a certain affection for me, a "villain", and she can control herself......
In the proverb of the Daliège region, "high eyebrows" means to have a high vision and look down on ordinary people.
"My sister said that there are many people and great power." Lumian explained simply, "Which old people need to visit?"
"You didn't investigate?" Raymond asked in surprise.
How could I have the energy to ask about that "scepter" card...... Lumian smiled:
"Of course I investigated, and now I want to test your ability to gather intelligence."
Raymond did not doubt:
"There are a total of nine old people who are still alive in the village, about the same age as my grandfather, or a little older, namely ......"
Six women, three men, the ladies live longer...... After listening quietly, Lumian thought for a while and said:
"The last two don't need to visit, they are from the outer village and married here.
"Uh...... Let's ask Naroka first, she is the oldest, and she is probably an adult when the wizard incident happened."
Naroka's real name is not this, this is an honorific title for her.
In the province of Leston, married women from prominent families or who are the actual parents are entitled to the title "Mrs.", specifically by adding an "a" to the end of the name to indicate a woman, and at the same time preceding the name with "Na", which means "lady" or "mistress".
Mrs. Pualis has been in decline for a long time, and secondly, she has to obey the administrator Beost at home, so she cannot be called "Na" and "A", but can only be called by a separate word "Madam".
Naroka's husband died early, and she took on the whole family by herself, even though her two sons became adults, got married, had children, and were old herself, she still held the family's financial power.
In most cases, men are the leaders, and in families without fathers, once children become adults, they will naturally take back the power to manage the entire family from their mothers.
"Okay." Raymond had no doubts.
After going around a few buildings, Lumian saw four old women sitting in front of a two-story house, basking in the sun and chatting casually.
At the same time, sitting very close to each other, they also caught lice on each other's bodies, looking quite leisurely.
– In the countryside of the Republic of Intis, catching lice with each other is entertainment to get closer and show affection.
"Now go ask?" Raymond hesitated.
He was afraid that the two of them were pursuing the truth of the legend and spread it.
"Wait a little longer." Lumian nodded heavily.
As far as he knows, many rumors in the village are generated through such gatherings and spread layer by layer.
After a while, the other three old women left one after another because they still had work at home.
"Good morning, Naroka." Lumian immediately walked over.
Naroka was wearing a long dark dress made of coarse cloth, her hands seemed to be covered with goosebumps, and her face had obvious patches.
"When will Aurore come out for the party? Many people in the village think of her." Naroka looked at Lumian and asked with a smile.
A lot of men, right? Lumian entered the state of what you said yours, I said me, and said with a curious expression:
"Naroka, I heard you've seen a real wizard? The one who can't even pull the coffin with nine cows."
Naroka's expression changed slightly:
"Who told you?"
"His grandfather came back at night and told him." Lumian started talking nonsense.
Naroka was stunned:
"Can the soul really go home......"
"My father told me, and my grandfather told me when he was alive." Raymond couldn't see that Lumian was deceiving the old man.
Naroka was a little disappointed, and after a while, she said:
"Before that person died, none of us knew he was a wizard, and he behaved normally."
Just like you didn't know that Aurore was a wizard...... Lumian replied in his heart.
"Until he died suddenly, that owl flew ......," Naroka fell into a flashback.
What she said later was basically the same as the legend.
Lumian further said:
"Where did that wizard live at the time?"
Naroka glanced at him:
"That's where you and Aurore live now.
"After the wizard was buried, the priest of the parish at that time took away the valuable things and burned the house, and for twenty or thirty years, no one dared to approach it, and later, this matter was gradually forgotten, and later, Aurore came, bought the land, and rebuilt the house."
Is it our family? Lumi was shocked.
This answer was completely beyond his expectations!
In an instant, he thought of some questions that he usually ignored:
With Aurore's ability to make money, with her hidden extraordinary ability, why did she settle in such a countryside as Kordu Village?
Whether it is the provincial capital Bigor, or the textile center Suhit, or the capital Trier, it is a better choice, even if you want to choose a place with a good environment and good air, those metropolises also have certain areas to choose from.
Aurore once said that the best thing to hide is to hide in the big city...... Lumian's thoughts were tumbling, and it was difficult to calm down.
He only learned today that the land Aurore chose, the land where the house was built, once belonged to a wizard......
"Where is that wizard buried?" Raymond next to him couldn't help but ask.
There is no hope for the property in the house, it can only be seen whether the wizard's body is special.
Naroka said funny:
"Such a big thing will definitely alarm the priest of this parish.
"At that time, everyone used nine cows to pull the coffin to the cemetery next to the church, and the priest of the parish held a ceremony to purify it, and finally burned the body to ashes and dug a hole to bury it."
"That's right......" Raymond couldn't hide his disappointment.
"What do you want to do with these questions?" Naroka looked at his expression for a moment and asked.
Lumian laughed, telling the truth that was more like a lie:
"I want to find the wizard's treasure."
"Young people don't always fantasize." Naroka warned.
"Okay." Lumian behaved very well-behaved.
He and Raymond bid farewell to Naroka and embarked on the road to the village square.
"No hope, Lumian, there's no hope for this." After rounding a building, Raymond spoke in frustration.
"Indeed, everything that should be burned has been burned, and everything that should be taken away has been taken away for decades." Lumian nodded.
Because the dream incident occurred, he was relatively not so disappointed.
Raymond agreed:
"Yes, the owl is the only one in the whole legend that has not been destroyed."
"Owl ......" Lumian's eyes lit up and he turned his gaze to the mountains and forests outside the village.
Raymond shuddered and quickly added:
"But after so many years, it must have died long ago."
He is very afraid of touching such an evil creature as an owl.
In southern Intis, owls, nightingales, and crows are all considered ominous, evil, devil-serving creatures that often take human souls or bring bad luck.
(End of this chapter)