The Divine Hunter Chapter 17: Vivien
“What do you want to have today? Beef brisket sprinkled with basil?” At the barbecue stall, a 20-year-old red-haired young man with a big nose quickly brushed spices on the meat skewers on the grill, and the aroma of the meat floated in the wind. They were far away, and the young man next to him couldn’t help but twitch his nose.
“Then this is the one you recommended. Emil, remember to add more chili pepper, the weather is getting colder.” Roy, whose cheeks were red from the cold, brushed off his feathers in the cold wind and took a look. A gloomy and dark sky.
Three days have passed in the blink of an eye, and November 1st, the New Year recorded in the Elven Calendar, is not far away.
In the past three days, Roy has completely adapted to work in the market. The poultry stall can provide about 30 experience points every day, and the work in the herbal shop is also going smoothly. He also got acquainted with Tros, the barbecue seller Emil, and the old Ruel of the poultry stall. His life was very regular. Except for the routine training every night, he was just an ordinary young man who went to the big city to hunt and hunt. The traces of the demon seemed to disappear from life all of a sudden.
“Here, your meat is ready,” Emil handed over a skewer of forearm-long, sizzling meat. “You are considered a regular customer, so I will increase the amount.”
Roy took the meat skewers and walked to a remote and deserted corner to collect the meat. The meat skewers were not prepared for himself, but for others. In the evening, he was about to leave the market and return to the mill, but was stopped by Tross from the herbal shop.
“Well… Roy, there is a washerwoman named Cuilin who ordered a package of honeysuckle. How about you help me bring it to her?” Tross said casually, “She lives at No. ** in the lower city. I We still have to guard the shop, we can’t go out.”
During this period, the other party often asked him to help run errands. But this was the first time he asked to be sent to the Lower City. Roy thought of the reminders from the Sparrow Gang and Henk. But it has been several days, so I am not so unlucky, right?
“OK.”
Roy walked through the market in Midtown and toward the slums on the east side. The sky is dim, large dark clouds gather in the distant sky, and the orange sunset of the past is hidden.
Across a narrow and turbid stinking ditch, there is an endless stretch of low stilt houses, which constitute a slum where filth breeds.
After entering the slums for a few steps, Roy frowned and covered his nose. Most of the houses were in tatters. Sewage gushes from the sewers and pollutes the ground. Domestic garbage is piled up in a dark and narrow place. alley entrance.
The people who passed by him were wearing cheap clothes, with disheveled faces and anxious expressions. When the cold wind blew, a trace of confusion flashed across their red faces. Some men are not very old, but their backs are beginning to deform under the pressure of heavy physical labor.
The smell of fish, human and animal excrement mixed in the air to form an indescribable stench.
Compared with the clean and tidy wealthy areas, this place is like the difference between **** and heaven. Dirty and messy are not enough to describe it, and it is not even as good as Kaye Village.
But this scene is the norm of the times.
Roy resisted the urge to turn around and leave, arrived at the destination of his trip, and handed the herbs to the skinny woman who was washing the sheets in the yard outside the house.
But on the way back, a warning sign suddenly arose in his heart, and a feeling of thorns in his back arose spontaneously. Roy deliberately walked to a corner and glanced in the direction he was coming from the corner of his vision.
As expected, there were two gaudy-looking, ruffian-looking men hanging far behind him.
“What do these two guys want to do and why are they following me?” Roy remembered the warning from the miller Henk.
“Is this your first time in Xiacheng District so unlucky?” Roy took a deep breath and continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
The two stalkers had no idea what was hidden in the seemingly harmless target.
Such a scene appeared on the dirty street. A young man walked quickly with his head lowered in front, and two men with gloomy faces followed him furtively.
On the second floor of the dilapidated house on the roadside, some residents who were collecting clothes on the balcony noticed something strange, but they just held their chins up and looked like they were watching a show. There were also residents passing by in a hurry who glanced here and speeded up. The pace is not fast enough.
No one’s business.
Roy quietly focused his attention on the hidden hand crossbow, estimated the size of the remaining space, suddenly accelerated his speed, and jumped forward.
“Hey, little brother, come here!” A sudden voice interrupted his plan. When Roy looked up, he saw a beautiful young woman not far ahead waving to him.
Are you calling me?
He looked back at the two following guys and hesitated for a moment, “Forget it, there are too many people and it will be confusing. If we make a big noise again, it will not end well.”
As he approached the woman, a faint fragrance hit him. He felt his eyes darken, and his left arm was instantly hugged by Wen Xiang Nuanyu, “Little brother, don’t be afraid while I’m here. Those two The **** dare not do anything to you!”
The woman blinked at him. As she spoke, the two people following her stopped as she said. One of them, the man with a large tattoo on his neck, spat thick phlegm at them with a “bah” sound.
“Boy, you are lucky!”
Rapid footsteps sounded, and the two men left cursing.
“Well, thank you for your help.” Roy’s face was stiff, and he was not used to the soft touch on his arm.
“I’m sorry, does it hurt you?” The woman let go of her arm and touched Roy’s hair affectionately. She was about 5 x 8 inches (1.7 meters) tall, in her mid-twenties, wearing a The emerald green top and pleated skirt above the thighs fully highlight the beautiful body curves.
The long burgundy hair is tied back, a silver pendant hangs on her slender neck, her legs are straight and white under the pleated skirt, and her waist is girdled with a belt. The most attractive thing is her watery figure. Her moist eyes and slightly thick red lips gave her face a charming temperament.
This bright face smiled brightly, and in an instant, the dark clouds in the sky seemed to be dispersed.
“My name is Vivien. What are you doing, little brother? Why did you come down to the city alone and no one told you that it’s dangerous here? The guys from the Sparrow Gang will do anything for money.”
The woman’s voice is gentle and her attitude is surprisingly good.
Roy was stunned for a moment when she was illuminated by her bright eyes. However, his body was not yet mature, so he quickly recovered and smiled gratefully at her, “Sister Vivien, just call me Roy. I deliver packages of herbal medicine to people, but I didn’t expect to be so unlucky. This is the first time this happened.”
“Oh, I thought those two **** were waiting for you…” Vivien muttered in a low voice, “Where are you going now?”
“Go back to the herbal shop in the market.”
“I just happened to stop by to buy something, let’s go together…”
Roy was sure that he didn’t feel threatened by the two villains, so he agreed.
The two walked side by side, and soon Roy noticed that the woman’s hands were far less delicate than the skin on her face, and were covered with frostbite, dead skin, and calluses.
“Sister Vivian, what just happened often in Xiacheng District? No one cares about it?”
“The Revolutionary Army has been causing a lot of trouble recently. There are too many things going on in the middle city and wealthy areas, and the lower city is basically unattended. You must be careful in the future and don’t wander around alone.”
Roy asked worriedly, “You helped me just now, will those two **** take revenge?”
The woman suddenly stopped when she heard this, and a trace of relief flashed in her beautiful eyes. Her eyes seemed to be looking at a junior in her family, “Don’t worry, they don’t dare to do anything to me.”
Roy was surprised when he saw this. The other party seemed to have a liking for him for no reason.
The two chatted while walking, but after a while they arrived at the herbal shop. Vivien waved to Roy, urging him to hurry over, then turned and left casually.
Tros noticed Roy and the woman traveling with him, his eyes flashed with surprise, and his expression quickly returned to normal.
“Have the things been delivered?”
“Well,” Roy said after a pause, “Uncle Tross. Do you know Vivien? She is the woman just now.”
Tros raised his face, his originally small eyes narrowed into slits, his expression was intoxicated as if he was dreaming about something, “Vivien is a good girl.” His palms faced each other to draw a gourd curve in mid-air, Licking his dry lips, “The figure exceeds 99% of the women in this city, right.”
“She is also warm-hearted and kind. I was followed by two sneaky guys in the Lower City, and it was thanks to her help that I rescued them.”
Teros’s eyes suddenly dawned, and he blamed himself, “It’s all my fault. I should have warned you earlier~IndoMTL.com~ Xiacheng District has been uneasy, especially in recent times.”
“Forget it, there’s no big problem anyway.” Roy then asked, “Vivien doesn’t seem to be afraid of those two gangsters at all. What’s going on?”
A trace of admiration appeared on Tross’s wrinkled old face, “There is a three-story house in the northeast corner of Midtown, close to the Lower Town, called Cadell House. We only charge a very low remuneration to teach. The children of common people in Edsberg are educated and literate, and free lunches are provided for the children. Vivien is the school teacher and is loved by the locals.”
“No matter how many **** there are in the Sparrow Gang, they can’t outnumber the locals. Naturally, I don’t dare to provoke her.”
Tross sighed again, “Most kind-hearted people are unfortunate. It’s a pity that her mother is often not clear-headed and has an alcoholic father who needs to be supported. In order to take care of her family and subsidize the poor students, she has to live her life Very hard…”
“How could such a kind-hearted beauty live in that filthy lower city?” Tross looked like he wanted to share her worries. Roy couldn’t help but feel amused. The shop owner revealed that he has a happy family, with a wife and children.
“Uncle Tross, can I go to Cardell House to study?” Roy asked slightly excitedly. This matter has long been in his plan. Now that his job is stable, he can spare time every afternoon. .
“You’re not old, so it should be fine.” Tross rubbed his chin and thought, “The tuition will be more expensive than that of locals, but it will definitely be more cost-effective than hiring a scribe or someone else.”
Roy was slightly happy. The planned work and accommodation had been perfectly solved. Now there was a way to learn general writing in front of him, and the process was basically trouble-free. He just needs to carry out the process step by step and wait for the demon hunter to come back and give him a surprise.