Chapter 17 Sour
John smiled and said: "There are two rules in the knight's code: protecting the homeland and protecting the weak, I don't think I have violated it, Sir Wayne will definitely be able to understand, in comparison, you gangsters, it seems that people cannot be trusted."
"You have no evidence!" Jackson looked fierce.
Many people know that making all witnesses unwilling or afraid to testify is a gangster's specialty, and the church generally does not intervene in such matters, and besides, the big man behind the Aaron gang is not influential in the church.
Lucian laughed, recalling the lines of various bullies, nobles, and knights he had heard and seen before, and said with a condescending attitude: "Evidence? He is a knight's attendant, you are the gang leader, this is the evidence!"
From the Bronze Crown Tavern, Lucian knew that in the Duchy of Vaorit, knights were real nobles, and their official attendants, although their status was not high, was definitely not low, so he believed that a gang leader like Jackson was not qualified to frame a knight attendant, after all, he and John had no other great benefits that made Aaron's gangster excited.
On the contrary, John has always been influenced by chivalry and rules, and Aunt Alyssa also thinks so, so it is inevitable that he will be a little bluffed by Jackson.
Jackson was blocked by Lucian's words, fell silent, and framed a knight attendant, for the Aaron gang, it is indeed possible, but there will be a lot of relationships and resources that need to be used, how can Aaron Boss take action for a small leader like himself, especially the atmosphere of Alto seems to be a bit weird recently, there seems to be a lot of undercurrent surging under the calm, even the Aaron boss is mysterious all day long, I don't know what he is planning, so he was really just scaring John just now.
Besides, this matter is not a blood feud, and there is no need to risk your future and life for it.
After becoming the leader, Jackson naturally lost his ruthlessness towards himself.
So Jackson said with difficulty: "How much compensation do you need? I only have two silver nars on me."
Seeing that he had successfully scared Jackson, Lucian turned to look at John and asked him to decide, while looking at the end of the street in the distance, and whispered: "It seems that the sheriff brought someone over, let's leave quickly to avoid making a big deal."
As for the Aaron gangsters, they often deal with the sheriff, and it is not difficult to think of a reason to escape.
Although Lucian was a little worried about the gangster's secret retaliation in the future, and occasionally thought about the possibility of completely subduing or cutting off future troubles, at this time, neither he nor John's strength was enough to complete it, and killing people on the street would really cause John to be expelled.
John strictly adhered to the knight's rules, and did not think about blackmailing Jackson, and nodded: "Okay, I will compensate you for two silver nars."
Lucian was only robbed of more than forty copper fels and some undisposed garbage, and the rest of the money was carefully hidden in a corner of the witch's ruins.
Jackson struggled to take out the money bag and threw it to John, which was empty, with only two silver gnars: "Copper Fair was rewarded to them just now."
John poured out two beautiful silver coins, handed them to Lucian, and threw the purse in Jackson's hand: "Do you want to search those villains and get back your robbed copper fell?"
Taking Yinnar, Lucian raised his chin to the sheriff and his subordinates who were getting closer and closer: "It's too late, let's go quickly."
Although he may not be punished for being caught by the sheriff in person, Lucian did not dare to gamble on John's future, so he gave up those cute copper fells without much heartache.
"Okay!" John picked up the wooden stick, leaving no physical evidence, while Lucian picked up the dagger that Jackson had dropped out.
Then Lucian and John ran wildly, heading towards another street, then into an alley and quickly disappearing into the market area.
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"Huh, don't run away, it's almost over, take a break." Lucian saw that he had run back to a remote corner of the slum, and finally felt relieved, holding on to the wall, gasping for breath, and then realized that his legs were very weak.
John also gasped, seeing that the two wounds on Lucian's body were not deep, and the bleeding had stopped, so he sat down and leaned on Lucian: "I don't have much strength anymore, being surrounded by them for just a few tens of seconds is more tiring than running for half a day, but it's been a long time since I've had such a happy fight, it's really comfortable!"
The two of them just sat on the ground, panting, recovering their strength.
"Yes, it's so comfortable." Lucian squinted his eyes and looked up at the blue and clear sky, this fight just now, for him, there was really a hearty feeling, as if he had vented all the depression, pain, confusion, and wandering during this period of time, his soul was cleared like never before, and he really recognized John, a good friend, so he couldn't help but laugh, "Hahahaha."
The laughter was wanton and cheerful.
John was very strange: "Lucian, what are you laughing at?"
"I thought that after I learned writing and made money, I would travel to various parts of the mainland to see different scenery, different food, different countries and all kinds of wonderful legends."
Lucian did not answer, but looked at the sky and spoke slowly, but in his heart, he was silently continuing:
"I want to learn magic, I want to travel all over the continent, explore the knowledge and laws of this world, and gain insight into the reality of this world to find a way home."
"Whether it succeeds or not, this is the direction I strive for, for my parents and friends like John in the past."
"There are already three more silver nars, and even if you borrow usury, you must gather the rest as soon as possible so that you can start learning magic in the shortest possible time.
If Lucian's decision to learn magic was due to external pressure, the influence of negative emotions, and his yearning for strength, status, a better life, and wonderful enjoyment under the beating of Aaron's gangsters, then now, it is a complete and heartfelt decision.
John smiled and said, "Traveling to various parts of the mainland? Hehe, Lucian, although the continental countries east of the principality, dark creatures and magical beasts have almost been exterminated by the church, but the wild is still not safe, those kobolds, goblins, and gnols, like rats, will give birth.
"Kobolds, goblins, gnolls, uh, can they be eaten?" Lucian subconsciously asked, his first thought for eliminating this creature that reproduces too quickly is to eat.
John was a little puzzled and couldn't understand Lucian's thinking: "Should ...... No, you can't."
"Forget it." Lucian said with a slight disappointment.
John didn't ask any more questions, but also looked up at the sapphire sky and said with longing: "If I can become an official knight, I will also tour the continent, I don't know what it will be like outside of Aalto, whether it will be as wonderful as those bards said."
"By the way, Lucian, you have to be careful these days, try not to go outside the city or in secluded places, those villains are real scum."
"Well, John, when you see Sir Wayne, you must take the initiative to bring up today's matter and ask for punishment." Lucian told John.
John was puzzled at first, and then nodded heavily: "Okay. Hey, it's a pity that after I became a high-ranking knight attendant, I could only learn some military-related texts, otherwise I would be able to teach you."
The two of them were in a happy mood, talking without saying a word, until they regained their strength, and then stood up and walked towards Aunt Alyssa's house.
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Alyssa had already gone to the administrative district to find Joel back, and was walking back and forth anxiously, and only breathed a long sigh of relief when she finally saw John and Lucian coming back side by side laughing.
Joel smiled and opened his arms: "Welcome home, our two heroes, you remind me of my passionate youth."
John and Joel hugged each other: "Dad, you must be careful these days, I'm worried that those villains are doing bad things behind their backs."
"This kind of villain is actually the most timid, you beat them up hard, but they don't dare to do anything." Joel smiled, and then his face became serious, "Actually, you should have asked Sir Wayne about this kind of thing first, you are his attendant, and your every move is related to his dignity and glory."
John also knew that he had done too rashly: "Yes, Dad, when I return to the manor, I will ask Sir for punishment." He was initially worried that Sir Wayne would not agree.
Aunt Alyssa took out a clean old cloth and bandaged Lucian's wound.
After a while, Lucian saw that there was nothing to do, so he stood up and took his leave, preparing to go to the Copper Crown Tavern an hour before lunch to borrow money from the loan shark to collect five silver nars.
"If I can learn magic smoothly, it shouldn't be a problem to pay off usury, if I can't, it will be more dangerous, but there is nothing to do, just gain and not take risks."
The consequences of borrowing usury, Lucian is ready to bear.
"Little Evans, wait." Joel suddenly stopped Lucian.
Lucian turned around in confusion: "Uncle Joel, what else is there?"
Joel took out a very old, simple money bag and handed it to Lucian: "These are eight silver nars, you hold them."
"Uncle Joel, Aunt Alyssa, you?" Lucian was a little overwhelmed, in his heart, he always felt that Uncle Joel's family should be as poor as himself, and Evan had not grown up yet, so he had never considered the possibility of borrowing money from them.
Alyssa on the side smiled and said: "Little Evans, your Uncle Joel doesn't have much money, these have only been saved in the past two years, although not much, but it should allow you to start learning words."
"But, this is all your savings......" Lucian felt his eyes a little sour.
Joel laughed and patted Lucian on the shoulder: "We used to have a hard time because of little John, and your father often helped us. When you learn to write, you can find a decent and well-paid job, won't you give it back to us? Or are you worried about not being able to learn words?"
"I'm confident, Uncle Joel." Lucian nodded heavily.
"Although this money, plus your own, can only let you study for two months, but we all work together to ensure that you can learn words for a month every three or four months, so Lucian, you have to work hard, how much you can learn is up to you." Joel's words can be regarded as treating Lucian's learning of characters as his family's business.
Lucian's eyes were a little blurred: "Thank you, Uncle Joel, Aunt Alyssa, John." At the same time, he secretly made up his mind to make Uncle Joel's family live better, and after mastering a certain amount of magic, he left Alto as soon as possible, so that they could not be involved in such a dangerous matter.
When he left Aunt Alyssa's house, although Lucian's destination was still the Copper Crown Tavern, he was not looking for money, but looking for scholars and learning words.
(End of this chapter)