Chapter 319 Santis’ Home

The little girl poked her head out the door and looked at the three carriages parked at the door with a bit of nervousness and a bit of curiosity. The large carriages with the noble emblems hanging were incompatible with this neighborhood, but they were better than those parked in the street. Sturgeon Street is much better. Some people living on the cross street have been attracted and watched from a distance, but no one dared to get too close: wearing black steel light armor and dark blue medal robes Mighty soldiers stood beside the car. The black steel swords with strange triggers and runes they wore on their waists were intimidating. For the residents of the cross street, such soldiers must not be provoked.

My mother shouted from inside the house: "Pepe! Don't leave the door open! Come back quickly!"

The little girl finally looked at the soldiers standing near the door reluctantly. At a glance, the heroic soldier in armor noticed the little girl's gaze and nodded to her with a kind smile.

The little girl exclaimed in low voice, turned around quickly and ran back home.

"The Duke ordered me to return to the royal capital to recruit a group of mages." In the main room, Santis explained to his parents the reason for his sudden return home, "I am not living at home, and I will go to Crown Street later. "The Duke's Residence."

The middle-aged couple have figured out what happened and have calmed down, but they still look at Santis, who is wearing a fine woven robe, in disbelief. This high-spirited young man was their son who went to the Dark Mountains and was supposed to be suffering outside. Their eyes couldn't help but focus on the people around Santis. The mother spoke: "They are..."

"Hello, madam, I am Jipri, a mage apprentice loyal to the Cecil family, and I serve as Mr. Thantis's assistant under the Duke's order."

"Pierce, a guard."

The two operators who graduated from the Military Security Intelligence Bureau introduced themselves according to their identities and personality settings, but Santis, who was caught in the middle, was obviously not very adaptable to such an atmosphere. The young The arcanist quickly broke the slightly stiff situation: "Where's Miles?"

Myers is his younger brother and the second child of this family.

"Miles went to the tanner," said his father. "There was not much work to do in the winter, so he found a job tanning leather for a noble lord."

Thantis nodded Head——Although it is almost impossible for civilians to find jobs outside Cecil Territory in winter, this is the royal capital after all, and noble gentlemen will need some servants to do some odd jobs for them in winter. It is a great reward for civilians who are struggling to survive, so even if the rewards for these jobs are very small, everyone is rushing to do them.

But as his eyes swept across the main room of his home, the young arcanist's brows frowned slightly.

“Didn’t I send money home three times?” He frowned and said, “Even if it’s not enough to move to the Felton neighborhood with a better environment, you should also open all the doors and windows.Fix it, make the stove bigger... Why is it still like this? "

Santis's father worked as a chef in a noble family, and his mother was a herbalist. This family was already a wealthy class among the common people. Their family actually had the opportunity to move to a better place many years ago. "Waiting for the block", just to send Santis to the Mage Association, the family spent all their savings, and then lost the opportunity to move and "promote", and this was also the reason why Santis felt towards his family after failing to attack the third-level mage. The biggest deficit, so the first thing he did after settling down in Cecil Territory and getting a stable income was to save money and send it home - according to his estimation, with Duke Gawain's generosity, he only needed to save Two or three years of money would be enough for his family to move to Felton Street, where conditions are better. However, when he went home and took a look, he found that the home was still in the same dilapidated appearance, and his parents were still wearing patched clothes at home. , my father's only good piece of clothing is probably still the "chef's uniform" he wore when he went to work in a noble house.

Where's the money sent home?

Listen. Upon hearing their son's question, the middle-aged couple looked at each other sadly. After two or three seconds of embarrassing silence, the father spoke: "Originally, the conditions at home were about to get better... But before winter, your brother gave birth to a baby. Field disease. "

The mother continued: "Herbs couldn't cure him, so we took him to the Holy Light Church. The pastor of the church said that he was cursed by cultists because his faith in the Lord was not firm. That's why I couldn't resist those evil forces...

"The priest performed an exorcism ritual on him, sprinkled holy water, and finally cured Miles, but because your father believes in the god of business , the pastor of the Holy Light Church said that if someone in your family believes in a strange god and is cursed by a cultist, it is a sin, so you have to pay a 'atonement' to take your brother back.

Father shook his head, it seemed. He was full of guilt for having harmed his family because of his "wrong belief": "The atonement originally required one-third to one-half of the family property. Without mortgaging the property, almost all the property in the family would have to be taken away. , but fortunately, Count Taut, whom I serve, came forward and said a few good words, and you were also named in the Mages Association, so the church reduced part of the atonement fee... but the money that was originally reserved to repair the house before winter was gone. . "

Santis's face gradually darkened.

He clenched his fists, and he, who had never known how to be angry, felt angry for the first time.

Pierce and Jipri, who were standing behind him, exchanged glances calmly

The two operators silently recorded everything they saw and heard, and then Jipri. He took a step forward and whispered in Santis' ear: "Don't forget the purpose of our coming here, Mr. Santis - the Duke will remember everything that happened here for you. "

Santis took a deep breath and looked at his parents firmly: "I'm here to pick you up and take you to Cecil. "

"Go to the Dark Mountains? "My mother was surprised.

"It's the Cecil Territory," Santis corrected seriously. "The Dark Mountains are just a place, and the Cecil Territory is a paradise there. Father, mother, don't believe those superstitious rumors about the Dark Mountains. , it was indeed desolate originally, but Duke Cecil has built it into a safe, rich, and stable home. The houses there are stronger and warmer than the royal capital. Every inch of the land there is watered with Druid potion, making it fertile. Like the best land in the Holy Spirit Plains, Cecil's powerful army makes the entire territory extremely safe - you will definitely live better there than in the capital."

"We have seen it. Are all the descriptions you wrote in the letter true?" Mother looked into Santis's eyes in disbelief, and then said, "But here in the royal capital..."

"This The city is not worth nostalgia. It has never regarded its people as citizens." Santis felt that his tongue suddenly became easier to use. "We have no land here. Even if we have a house, we can always find a church. Why don't you take it away? It's better for the whole family to follow me to Cecil. I am now the lord's advisor, and the lord also allows me to teach in the college he established. Mother, you can go to the alchemy factory after you go there. There is a need for people who can. A herbalist who identifies various herbal raw materials. Father, you can go to the lord's mansion, where a chef is needed. Pepe can go to the academy, Miles can also go to school, and you can also go to the Machinery Manufacturing Institute to follow a wise man. The big craftsmen went to learn how to make machines... Our whole family can live a very decent life there."

The couple looked at me and I looked at you. It was obvious that they had decided to leave and live alone. It was a very difficult decision for them to spend half their lives, but Santis' words still tempted them. Upon seeing this, Santis immediately continued: "I came back this time to recruit a group of people under the order of the lord. Assemble scholars to build the territory, and also bring over the family members of the group of craftsmen who went to Cecil to claim it. Those craftsmen had long made up their minds to take over their families, so there were more than just people who made this decision. Me alone."

"...I want to say goodbye to Count Taut first," Santis' father finally nodded and said, "I can't just leave like this."

Santis' mother glanced at her husband in surprise: "Jon?"

"My son is right, we should try life elsewhere," his father gritted his teeth and said, "Last week... …The McIntosh family’s fields and barns outside of town have been taken away because they believe in the Night Goddess and won’t convert. Honey, I have an uneasy feeling that the mood in town is changing and we’d better. I can take this opportunity to leave here."

My mother, who has been accustomed to obeying her husband's arrangements all her life, lowered her head: "...Okay, I will listen to you."

An hour later, After waiting for his younger brother to return home and informing him of the arrangements at home, Santis returned to the carriage with the Cecil family emblem hanging on it. The three carriages drove through the cross street with a history of more than 200 years and turned around in the square. bend,Drive towards Crown Street in the central area of ​​the Royal Capital.

"Where should we start?" Jipri, who had never been to the Royal Capital, humbly asked Santis for his opinion: Although she was eloquent and had received training from the Military Intelligence Agency, In this unfamiliar environment, she decided to listen to the experience of "local snakes" first.

“I will write letters to friends I know who are more qualified. The Handyman Association can hire messengers, and they can deliver letters to anywhere in Saint-Sunil within one day. . In addition, I will send a messenger to the Mage Association later and use the Duke's badge as a voucher to announce the recruitment of mages. Miss Jipri, I also need to trouble you to go to the Silver Castle with the Duke's certification documents. The 'Hall of Scholars' is an organization of scholars in the royal capital. You can post information there to recruit scholars. Maybe they will be interested in the Gondor relics unearthed in the Cecil Territory and the rare animals and plants in the Dark Mountains..."

Santis assigned the tasks one by one. Finally, he paused and turned to "Quick Legs" Pierce: "Mr. Pierce, please go to the Craftsmen Association. No documents are required there. , you can spend an Ansu silver shield to publish a message to recruit craftsmen, mainly to recruit rune craftsmen and skilled mechanics. The message will be published according to the remuneration of the 'magic technician' in the territory. In addition, it should be explained that the recruited craftsmen are. They will be trained by Cecil, but even during the apprenticeship, they can get two-thirds of the salary. I believe that the income of Cecil's magic technician is enough to tempt many people."

"Have you? "Santis was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Maybe I finally understand the meaning of the Duke sending me here..."