City of Sin: Twenty-four if in winter
One hour later, the girl portrait was placed in front of Blackgold.
The Gray Dwarf asked the master to wait forty minutes before crawling out of the gem raw ore, which covered the entire workbench and blocked half of the passage, and then listened to the master's instructions for one minute. Dark blue is a world of magic and a world of gold coins, but it has nothing to do with art. The gray dwarf stepped on the mountainside of the peak of magic and the other foot stood on the top of the mountain of gold coins. Therefore, although his body height just touched the chest of the master, the psychological height was just the opposite.
The master's explanation The Gray Dwarf didn't listen to a few words at all. He skipped all the explanatory sentences and grabbed the point. Richard's work, one of the cases that His Royal Highness Sharon specifically requested to report. Hearing this, Blackgold did not dare to neglect. With the pair of hard and rough hands covered with calluses that are as thick as Demon Beast scales, the packaging paper was carefully torn open, revealing the image of the girl inside.
The silence.
The gray dwarf ’s eyes were almost fixed on the young girl, his lips opened and closed quickly, and he did n’t know what he was talking to. The master was deeply shocked. He didn't expect Blackgold to be able to see the charm of the streamer stone fire and tremble. The master suddenly felt that he had some prejudice against the gray dwarf. Who said that this race did not understand art at all?
Blackgold suddenly exhaled, rubbed his sour eyes, and said, "That's it?"
"Ah? Yeah ..." The master was a little puzzled.
"This picture has not been painted yet?"
"..."
The master struggled to restrain his heart that was beating fast and slowly. After taking a long breath, he reluctantly replied: "This is a plain painting."
The gray dwarf suddenly realized, re-examined the girl portrait, and commented: "Well, it hasn't fully developed, but the body and length should be very common. I measure it according to your human standards. If you follow our storm The tradition of the hammer, hmph hmph ... Aha! I saw that meal box! That is a meal box specially prepared for Richard! It is the perfect details and proportions, even a line can not pick out deviations, it is really Richard style You know, the Lord Jordan Archmage who taught Magic Array has praised him three times this week. How many times this year? Let me think about it, fifty or seventy .... A lot of it anyway! You know, the old guy I have n’t praised others so many times in the past decade! ”
The master ca n’t really express his mood, and he ca n’t break out of Blackgold. He can only guide patiently: "Look carefully, the moment this picture captures ..."
The gray dwarf looked carefully, then looked again and again .... Finally, I felt that this painting should be painted with some color.
When leaving from the office area of Blackgold, the master ’s heart was almost as dark as Richard. The unprecedented sense of frustration made him almost lose his confidence in art. He never understood why this master of appraisal of jewellery, magical equipment and antiques knew so much about painting, and every layman's utterance he spoke had a deep blow.
Behind the master, the two bronze doors in the office area of the Grey Dwarf slowly closed. The height of the gate is double that of the normal area, which means that the height of the gray dwarf office area is double that of others. So these two simple and luxurious doors representing wealth and status have always been the objects of envy and envy of many people in the dark blue. The reason why a gray dwarf, who is only half the height of a tall human, made his office area so high is self-evident.
When the door was closed, the gray dwarf behind the door suddenly sneered and muttered: "Which is so easy to get the boss's joy?" It was in his cabinet, if this girl portrait was counted Inside, the events that want to make Sharon 'joy' have been filled with most of the cabinets, totaling 67.
The gray dwarf instinctively walked to the gem raw ore, but frowned again, closed his steps, turned back to the office desk, opened the girl again, and carefully examined it for more than ten minutes before closing, hesitated for a moment, put this picture The portrait was put in another cabinet one smaller. The small cabinet also wanted to make Sharon "joy" events or reports, but there were only five in total, and this painting was placed in the second place. Unlike the big cabinet, the report in this cabinet will soon meet with Legendary Mage. The contents of the large cabinet may be dumped out like waste mines in a few months.
All summer, for Richard, it seems to pass in a blink of an eye. Another day, the harvest festival is ushered in, which is the beginning of autumn and the end of Floating Ice Bay fishing season. On this day, Floating Ice Bay millions of people who make a living by the sea will hold a grand celebration, thank Hai Divine Blessing and the food that spent a long and severe winter. The dark blue located at Floating Ice Bay also regards this day as a festival, which is a sign of officially entering the autumn.
The harvest festival has no meaning for Richard. All his time, except for the heavy and almost never-ending tasks, is the accumulation of Mana by Meditation and exercise of magic skills. He had to fill up all his time, or his thoughts would burst up like blisters, press down here, and float up there.
On the evening of the harvest festival, Erin came to residential area of Richard on time and delivered his dinner. The heavy meal box has already made the girl very difficult to carry by her arm alone, but in the foreseeable future, the meal box will continue to increase weight. While Richard was buried in cleaning food, Erin sat quietly and watched silently. There is no longer a gold coin transaction between the two now, and even little is said. Therefore, during this time, Erin did not get a gold coin from Richard. Eating now is completely a torment for Richard. The girl ’s melancholy ca n’t hide him no matter how hidden, but she refuses to disclose the reason. So Richard is suffering, but is helpless to the pain.
The last piece of snack was swallowed by Richard with tenacious will, and then he looked up at the girl for the first time, habitually wanting to say thank you, but the rows of numbers that appeared on the girl ’s body made him on the spot stiff! The girl's body changed, and in the digital field of view, the original subtle changes were magnified infinitely, and they were very eye-catchingly presented in front of him.
Her ** has increased a little, and the left and right are not balanced. It is obviously not a natural growth, but caused by an external injury. And her movements are also very unnatural, especially her legs occasionally tremble slightly, and her waist keeps moving quietly. It seemed that sitting on the cushion covered with brocade would make her feel tingling. The girl's eyes were slightly swollen, redder than usual, and she seemed to cry for a long time. Today's young girl's Mage robe is extremely tightly wrapped, but inadvertently, there is a bruise on the neck. And her heartbeat is also much faster than usual. Contrary to Richard herself, her heart only beats so fast when she has just experienced something very important.
All the signs are put together, and immediately an answer is floated in Richard's heart, an answer that makes him feel totally unbelievable. When he was just eleven years old, Richard did not understand the enlightenment of noble children at the age of seven or eight, but now he is eleven and a half years old, and Erin has led him through most of the roads, so he already knew the adult men and women Everything must happen between.
"You ... have a man?" Richard's voice was dry and hoarse, almost indistinguishable by himself.
Erin's body shook, and his face paled instantly. When the truth was revealed, she slowly calmed down and raised her hand to straighten the hair on her cheeks, saying, "Yes, just last night."
Richard took a deep breath and closed both eyes, no longer letting those desperate numbers jump in front of his eyes. "Why?" His voice was as calm as Erin, but there was more chilling coldness.
"I need money."
"I have a lot!" Since paying attention to the changes of Erin, Richard, like a bird with a broken shell, began to probe the world outside of learning. Although it is still not a friend who can talk, at least Richard has understood that it is impossible to measure others in the dark blue by their own standards. Taking consumption alone as an example, his monthly income is enough for dozens of people to live well in the dark blue.
Erin's face was pale, and he looked at Richard deeply, shook his head, and said softly but firmly: "But I don't want to make your money."
She packed up her lunch box as usual, and when she walked to the door, she turned back and said, "I forgot to tell you that from tomorrow, another person will come to deliver your meal. Then ... goodbye, Richard."
The metal isolation door closed slowly. When the sound of heavy impact came, Richard seemed to suddenly lose the strength of the whole body, leaning against the back of the chair. He grasped his hair hard, trying to believe that nothing had happened just now, but not only two Enlightenment Blessings, even all the qualities he cultivated in his childhood reminded him of this cold and cruel fact. However, he could not understand why Erin would be reluctant to make his money.
At this time, Richard did not understand that people always have some inexplicable perseverance when they are young, and this touches themselves, but they often inadvertently let the really important things flow away from the fingers.