The Amber Sword: Act 43 The Underground Transaction of Bruglas (Part 1)
Chapter 43: Underground Trading of Bruglas (Part 1)
In July, the air of Bruglas seemed to be filled with a kind of hotness.
Undercurrents surging under the calm surface, it can be foreseen that big and small nobles has burned -- in their circles for half a month, and can see the signs of the end of the war. already is becoming more and more obvious. -- Although the life of the bottom citizens is still as usual, Those who want to take advantage of the opportunity to catch a lump gradually become restless.
Citizens often see messenger horses entering the city one by one. Uninformed people thought that the battle was going to be tight, but these letter letters passed the progress of the negotiations in the Winter Rose Fortress.
So commoner is restless all day, and nobles is restless all day.
It's just that everything has nothing to do with Brando. youngster is running smoothly according to the one's own schedule. -- took three days to buy through the relationship and got a registration certificate -- for Pioneer Knight. It is a piece that says Knight and the monarch. The loyalty and responsibility that should be fulfilled between them are then stamped with the instrument.
This thin piece of parchment was more expensive than gold a few years ago, but with the decline of Aouine, the Knight class fell into a local hard-working force, and adventurers also turned to illegal businesses, but no one was enthusiastic about it. Opening up territory for this ancient kingdom, so that the title 'Pioneer Knight' gradually became anonymous.
Since the emperor's throne, the nobles already, who was previously issued through the Pioneer Knight identity, has gradually begun to price the title, and this paper has become less valuable since then.
Brando In order to obtain this status, just as he did in game before, he did not trust Batum to buy a beautiful long dress for the wife of a small municipal official.
It was eleventh day when he got the paperwork. On this day Cripple brought him another good news --. The long-awaited underground trade fair finally came.
Just like the bazaar of the regular existence in some regions, the grey area of Bruglas will be held underground in the middle of the month. It's just that most of the things sold on this bazaar are some ill-intentioned thieves, contraband, and even population trade. Don't be surprised because the people participating in this trade fair --, in addition to Mercenary and adventurers, illegal merchants, are more the formulation of Bruglas Laws By.
That is nobles.
Undoubtedly, it is undoubtedly the local underground forces that master this underground market, but it is inevitable that some nobles will not intervene in it. This is an open fact.
It is enough to hide the small citizens of a society that needs a peaceful and stable appearance.
The underground trade fair of Bruglas is held regularly at the Maria Market in Hood District or the Shepherd's Market in Dongcheng District. The organizers deliberately choose densely populated places to better hide their eyes. But interested people often find that in these two times, a lot of strange faces will appear in these two places, ask each other, chat, and then leave in the morning the next morning.
Especially in these two markets, there is also a small auction house -- for renting. Of course, this is actually just an excuse. In fact, these two auction venues, except for occasional uses, were almost exclusively built for this regular assembly.
If you check their owners, you will only find a mundane businessman nearby. However, if you investigate further, you will find that both buildings are actually funded by regional nobles Council.
Of course, these are off-topic.
When Batum led Brando down from the carriage, the sunset of Bruglas was like in the oil painting of the same name, as the same orange-red fire group hung in the sky, and it reddened the surrounding clouds.
Facing this fiery red glow, youngster wore a Knight uniform and was quite ironed. apprentice wizard Ciel stood next to him so that the two disguised as his invitation -- came from Highland Knight of Callas and his apprentice Squire.
Of course, Brando also led his younger sister --'s pseudonym Amandina, and his fiancee Romaine Young Lady.
Amandina removed the carriage from Brando as soon as the carriage disappeared. She wore a black veil and wore a long black dress and her eyes were staring at the small auction house with a touch of indifference. Outsiders come and go.
The girl gently pursed her lips, her temperament has changed from a few days ago. If she said that when she met Brando for the first time, I felt youngster felt weak and tender, but at this moment it became cold, and she naturally radiated a kind of stranger Aura.
Don't say it is Tirste's agent at this moment. I am afraid that owl Jon came to Amandina in person.
In addition, at this cusp of esteem, trivial things like a person missing in a city in Nuo Da will not be noticeable at all. The cemetery area was so talkative that municipal staff discovered the one's own negligence -- in the actions of their colleagues only a few days later.
The matter of missing people should belong to the work of the municipal police. However, before that, City Guards already searched with great fanfare. To the extent that the scale is considered extraordinary, the cavalry army of the three squadrons almost turned Dongcheng District one by one, almost shocking the local Council of Nobles of Bruglas.
However, Viscount Tirste does not seem to want to let this matter fall into the ears of other people as a handle. At this point, the conclusion of the whole matter belongs to the 'cemetery attack' almost half a year ago and became a headless case. .
So Amandina can now appear outside with confidence.
Standing next to her is a line above her forehead is Romaine. miss merchant is staring intently at a row of crystal ball on the table not far away. She frowned, as if trying to take out a kind of Scholar. The spirit of specialized research comes to -- wants to figure out what exactly it is.
But what makes Brando a little bit ridiculous is that there is no word written on crystal ball, and even if you stare for a long time and take it seriously, it will not produce flowers.
He knows that she is only trying to get Amandina's attention forget it/that's all.
For a few days, Little Romaine and Amandina have got along well with each other. She has a natural keen sense of smell that can smell the smell of opportunity under a common phenomenon. --, but Amandina just has the common sense of the outside world that she lacks, and some necessary knowledge.
It ’s like, if no one told this future businessman girl Anzac area has been responsible for delivering alcohol and food for Bruglas, presumably the country girl born in Bucce's would not see the business opportunities contained in it. .
But Amandina now fills this character. Although all her knowledge comes from the book, it is better than Romaine Young Lady all the knowledge comes from imagination, isn't it?
"What's that, Ann?" Romaine couldn't help it.
Amandina's attention is actually on the row of thumb-sized crystal balls. Their owner is a man in a black dress: Not everyone in Aouine is qualified to wear such a dress, it is a monk.
The girl couldn't help looking at the Brando, but this youngster was indifferent. She froze for a while, not help frowned.
"That's 'Fire Seed'." Amandina replied softly without turning his head.
"What is Fire Seed?"
"Fire Seed is the relic where people spread civilization in the wilderness. I did not expect to see such things at such an auction." Amandina replied.
"I didn't understand it." miss merchant replied plainly.
Amandina couldn't help sighing about one breath. After getting along for a few days, Brando didn't let her down. She never thought about hiring one's own people as a noble Knight, and it was still the legendary Highland Knight. Moreover, Brando behaves politely and calmly most of the time, which is in line with her image of Thane --.
But his fiancee is a bit of a headache. It's not that Romaine is not easy to get along with. On the contrary, miss merchant's character is most pleasing. But what makes the girl a little headache is that the other person seems to take her as a mobile encyclopedia, always asking this with a curious expression.
But she ca n’t refuse, she can only answer, “How much do you know about our world?”
"I don't know."
"..."
The girl coughed twice and replied: "Then I try to make it as simple as possible. In the epic of Kirrlutzian, their **** 'Aixule' (Marsha) created a boundary with six elements of Fire, Wind, Earth, Water, Life and Darkness from the chaos. World. After the contract of the four elf kings is reached, the boundary of the world will form -- "
"This boundary keeps the power of Magic out of the chaos draws, forming a piece of land that extends infinitely in four directions, that is, the world we live in --. Therefore, the shape of the world should be a round place and infinite Quartet extends. "
"But the world is always chaotic, so Mother Marsha is constrained by Laws to fix order on the land where mortals walk. In these areas, the sun, moon, and stars operate normally, so mortals can reproduce and civilization Can continue to -- "
"But outside of the land guarded by Mother Marsha, there is a battlefield between elements and chaos, and there are vast transition areas between them. These areas are what we call 'wilderness'. But between the land of order and the land of wilderness It is not impossible to convert each other, Pioneer Knight and 'Monster Wave' come from this. "
"Fire Seed is the key to planting Laws on the ground. A territory built in wilderness must have a Fire Seed."
Amandina coughed and asked, "Did you understand?"
Romaine nodded, then shook his head, and replied nicely: "I only understand the first sentence --! Pain, pain, Brando let go of my --" It turned out that she hadn't finished a word, Brando dragged his face and dragged it in his arms.
"Little Romaine, it seems that you are not destined to become a talent of wizard, so don't care about these. Or care about how much money we can make at the auction." Brando said to her while turning back to Amandina to pass a sorry Eyes.
The girl smiled slightly.
She walked up quickly and asked: "Those Fire Seed, don't you care, Mr. Brando?" Of course, as Adviser, she knew that Brando had bought a Pioneer Knight certificate.
Brando glanced at those crystal balls. The presence of so many Fire Seeds really made him interested, but there must be more than one person who cares about this thing. He thinks that he can only try it later. Besides, there is a sleeping Fire Seed in the place where he is going. He is not in a hurry to use such a thing.
So he replied, "I understand, I can try it later."
Amandina glanced at him, thought for a moment, and nodded uneasily. Brando, in her opinion, is the young Knight who left the home to open up a world of one's own. Whether he can achieve anything depends on whether he can own the one's own territory -- or build merits in the war.
The girl also understands how long her one's own road is, and she also relies entirely on it. After all, at this moment only Brando can appreciate her.
So Brando's can't help but worry about her every move.
Brando also saw the girl's worry and wanted to say something, but he suddenly saw Cripple hiding in the dark and gesturing to him, telling him that the trade fair was about to begin, and let him and others hurry up. youngster was a little hesitant, raises head, and it turned out that people already gathered around began to enter the field.