Black Castle District, "The Weight of Knowledge" pub.
A bard with a mustache is playing the lute and singing a hot and colorful "Port Ditty" that is difficult to hear in the mainland.
A dwarf dressed as a dwarf and a dancer performed a mime beside him with exaggerated movements, dancing funny and sensational dances, which aroused people's laughter and applause.
“Have you heard?”
Someone was bragging: “There was an accident offshore yesterday!”
“You idiot, that can’t be true. That big sea monster?"
Obviously there are other well-informed people who don't want the former to be in the limelight.
The man drank too much, and his voice became vulgar and vague: "You are talking like you don't know who you are talking about!"
"What's so strange about the sea monster?" The fisherman couldn't help but laugh and said, "Those gentlemen at the Ziggurat used to spend money to buy news about sea monsters! I got three gold coins for reporting a location. I earned eighty gold coins a month back then!"
"Okay, Old John!"
Someone scolded: "I didn't bother you later because I was generous! You got the damn information about a sea monster Do you really think that no one knows?”
“It’s just because the gentleman is fair and generous that it’s worth talking about it!”
Old John blushed. Shouting: "This way everyone is willing to work for the master——"
"Then you went to test the medicine? There are twenty gold coins at a time."
"I, I Don’t go... I’m already my age, let the young people make the money.” As soon as Old John finished speaking, people burst into laughter.
At this moment, next to a piano on the second floor, an intellectual and mature black-haired woman wearing glasses also heard this scene, and said teasingly to the beautiful little maid beside her: " It seems that the movement is quite big."
"——It's quite big. I have some special information here..."
Suddenly, a hairdresser came up. The blond young man, whose oiliness and temperament were incompatible with the bar, walked to the side politely: "Two beautiful ladies, if you are interested in that matter, we might as well move next door? It's too noisy here, isn't it? The environment for talking."
After hearing this, Aleister in Bayard's form turned to look at the young man with interest.
At first she thought she had run into an information dealer. After the other person finished speaking, she realized that she had been accosted.
What a strange experience... It is strange to say that the appearance of Aiwass should be more outstanding than that of Bayard. Why are there no beautiful women to chat with her? Is it because Avalon's ethos is too conservative after all?
"So," Aleister said with a smile, "You understand it very well?"
"Naturally."
It seems that he got it There was some kind of encouragement, and the blond young man was shocked.
HeHe put his right hand on his chest respectfully and politely, and bowed slightly to salute: "May I introduce myself to you - I am the son of Baron Bayard. Langton Vignes von Bayard."
< p>"...Baron Bayard?"Aleister was slightly startled and asked: "Does Star Antimony have a fief named Bayard?"
She originally had no intention of talking to him. But after hearing the other party's name, he changed his decision.
"It will be available soon!"
The blond young man who called himself Langton was very excited and showed pride: "My father was canonized as a baron and now he has a piece of Fiefdom - As for whether it existed before, I really don’t know.”
“Are you not a Star Antimony person?”
Aleister raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Yes! You are really perceptive, Miss."
The young man nodded enthusiastically, sat down next to Aleister, and nuzzled forward.
In the process, his arm pressed against the keys, causing the piano to make an unpleasant loud noise that also attracted the attention of others. But he was still polite. At least the two of them kept their knees about a palm apart and did not get closer: "Our family comes from Iris, and we just came to Xingzhi not long ago... Don't know your name?"
"——I'm back, Miss."
At this moment, a cold voice sounded.
When Langton looked up, he was immediately startled - he saw a middle-aged man with a stern face and low-key but luxurious clothes quietly appearing behind him.
He completely ignored himself, as if he was not even in his eyes.
Instead, he bowed slightly to the black-haired lady sitting in front of the piano: "I've got the things."
"Let's go then."< /p>
Aleister said with a chuckle.
Langton immediately realized that the beautiful girl he was chatting with was not a commoner.
But a nobleman who is the same as himself - or even higher than himself.
But he was still a little unwilling to give up. Because the charm of the other party really captured his heart... not only because of the other party's noble appearance and temperament, but also because of the indescribable feeling of closeness that came from him.
He has been urged to get married at home for a long time, but now he has finally met the person who he can pursue with all his life and "seem to have feelings"!
Relying on the Iris man's cheek, Langton almost jumped to his feet, quickly adjusted his tie, and asked in a low voice again: "Excuse me...?"
"——Aleister Crowley. See you again...'Mr. Bayard'."
She left her name briskly and turned to leave.
After a few people left, Langton still stood there. His face felt a little hot, maybe because of the charm of the other person, or maybe because of his ownThe embarrassment.
He felt a little lost - Langton always felt that the other person seemed familiar and kind-faced. It might be better if he just said it directly. He said to himself in his mind.
At this moment, he heard the noise of those vulgar people below. This made his already irritable heart become even more irritable. If he hadn't been waiting for his friends here, he might have left in a hurry by now.
“—I’m telling you!”
The man with the loud voice shouted again: “You have absolutely no idea who killed the sea monster! This is absolutely top secret information. !”
“Who is it?”
“Let’s talk about it, let alone the master of the Spiritual Tower or the Wang Li Alchemist.”< /p>
"It's Miss Crawley! Her name is Aleister Crawley, a beautiful girl with long black hair!"
The man shouted at the top of his lungs : "She is still the young lady of Earl Crowley's family!"
Hearing this, Langton felt like he was struck by lightning in an instant!
Aleister's appearance and hair color suddenly appeared in his mind, and he immediately realized something -
The person just now... turned out to be Earl Crowley daughter?
He immediately felt intensely ashamed for showing off his father's newly acquired title.
"What have I done..."
He staggered over to ask for a glass of butterbeer, sat down and took a sip in a dejected manner. He immediately frowned and his facial features gathered urgently because of the irresistible bitter taste of the wine.
But that bitter pain feels like an intoxicating self-punishment at this moment. Instead, he felt a little obsessed with it.
"Sorry, I'm late..."
When his friend arrived, he was shocked: "Langton, don't you not drink? ”
“I did something stupid, Janet!”
Langton immediately hugged his opposite-sex friend and burst into tears: "I'm so embarrassed!"
Janet Boyman quickly patted his head and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay...what happened, please tell me in detail?"
The choice between the status and ethics of comforting her friends and the professional ethics of being a reporter made her involuntarily fall in favor of the latter - anyway, Langton is a very emotionally tough person, and generally speaking, he doesn't need comfort very much. of. He always forgets those unpleasant things by himself.
"I met a very beautiful woman, her name is Aleister Crowley..."
As soon as Langton said the first sentence, he started from I saw fear on my friend's face.
And the other side.
Aleister sighed a little: "I didn't expect that the Bayard family is still continuing..."
"After all, it was after 'you' disappeared for a long time, the Bayard Group It just gradually disappeared."
Honey.Badger replied quietly: "It seems that they even sewed 'your' name into it and turned it into a middle name."
She still hasn't figured out what Aleister is. Is she the real Countess Bayard? Therefore, whenever she says "you", she has to emphasize it to indicate reference.
"Ignore him for now, we will meet again if we are destined."
Aleister shook his head: "Is the stronghold location coming soon?"
Eagle Eye They always change their bases regularly, and this bar is the contact point for the assassins. Because it is not a real base for publishing tasks, it is relatively safe...it is equivalent to a kind of "website publisher", so the risk is much lower.
"Well, it's almost time..."
The honey badger's mood was a bit complicated: "Shall we go directly there now?"
"It's not in a hurry. "Aleister asked softly, "Have you ever been to Star Antimony?"
"I came here a few times when I was young, but not in the past ten years."
"Do you know where the White Dove Opera House is? Take me there first."
"Of course."
"Then let's go."
< p>Aleister said with a smile, looking up at the cloudy sky: "Of course, it's best to buy an umbrella first. My suggestion is a black umbrella."(End of Chapter) Recently transferred The code is serious, which makes us more motivated and updates faster. Please use your little hands to exit the reading mode. Thank you