musicians of old

"Didn't the teacher stay up all night and say he was resting on the road?"

After staying for a long enough time, Luna, who had adjusted slightly, lowered her voice and asked her sister beside her.

Although the turbulence under the feet and the howling sound next to the ears are incomprehensible like a dream, at least it can be clearly seen that Teacher Scheler needs to continue to consume mental energy to control such an extremely fast flight.

"He squinted for a while when we were recording "Winter Journey." An quietly glanced at the teacher beside him with a guitar in his arms and a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Why don't I know why you know?" Luna widened her pale pink eyes.

"You are listening to my singing attentively, and I occasionally sneak peeks." Miss Nightingale covered her mouth and smiled.

Fan Ning hardly stopped in the middle, and the slightly crowded figures flew across the wilderness, across the ocean, and through the rainforest. Fortunately, there are few people outside the city-states of the southern country, and no one can see this scene.

The summer climate in the southern country shows its impermanence. Sometimes the bright weather with the hot sun hanging high at the last moment will be covered with dark clouds and thunderous. Stop in front of the village.

"Saint Agnes? It's an old-fashioned place name. That place has already left Tia's jurisdiction and entered the Paradogos Islands. The two places meet, and there is still more than four hours' walk to the north. "

A middle-aged country musician with braids and a flute around his waist was squatting on the haystack and smoking. Fan Ning, who was asking for directions, offered a cup of cool drink made in a nearby shop.

It seems that our map is quite accurate.An, who was standing behind Fan Ning, looked at the civil hand-painted blueprint in his hands silently.

"...But we never go here when we go to the market. We would rather spend an extra two hours to the east of Vinnecka Joff Castle." The country musician continued.

"Oh, why?" Fanning asked.

"The guys there are not very enthusiastic about foreigners." The other party's evaluation is tactful, but it is not difficult to understand what it means, "Even the archipelago and city-state authorities have been pushing each other for years on the issue of their ownership, and no one admits that this is their own. The subordinate jurisdictions, hey, in that case, the resources or benefits will not be obtained, and all the security issues will become a mess in their own political achievements."

Small towns with relatively tough folk customs are not uncommon in mountainous areas such as borders or borders... Fan Ning was thinking about the words of the country musician: "Is there any place like a sanatorium there?"

"Sanatorium? It's a hospital." The middle-aged man thought for a while, "St. Athene's Hospital, a well-known city hospital in the last century, has a wide range of businesses and excellent doctors, especially good at surgery. Even this area Most of the country people will go to the city to seek medical treatment when their illnesses and injuries are relatively serious. Of course, there are some voices who think that they use amputation therapy a little too much..."

Fan Ning nodded slightly to show his understanding, and plucked the strings with his fingers, playing a small series of ethereal and melodious arpeggios.

"Ding ding dong dong~~"

"May the inspiration of fragrance touch you." The figures of the three walked away from the village road,

The country musician who had just taken a deep puff of the earthen cigarette froze in place.

He felt the incomparable sweetness passing through his nose and under his tongue, and at the same time borrowed from these harmonies, a lot of whimsical ideas about song arrangement and development emerged in his mind.

Fanning continued to question insiders in the area.

"It's all happened when I was a child." In another small courtyard, an old man dressed as a squire recalled, "Later, many hospitals in the archipelago were banned one after another, St. Athene's Hospital was one of them, probably because they offended the authorities. Maybe it's against the church, or maybe there's some kind of illegal practice of medicine--you know there's always folks who crave that so-called surgery, folklore fanatics, people with intractable diseases, or people who used to practice medicine Descendants..."

These savvy squires or country musicians had a good attitude towards Fan Ning's asking for directions, because the temperament of the other party and the two girls, as well as the expensive guitar in his hand, could be seen as a troubadour from the capital of some principality.

"That place was already on the outskirts of the city. It had been abandoned for 40 to [-] years. The vitality of the Orthos rainforest had already swallowed it up. It was estimated that it was so rotten that there was nothing left but a frame. However, some local people were still stubbornly wandering around St. Athenes Hospital. Inquiry, in order to find some treasures or get some knowledge of taboos...similar to the power of the priests of the church?"

"But in fact, that rainforest only echoes the curse, and the old people in the past called it the 'curse of dry soul', a kind of thirst from the soul level, which will slowly decay people's rationality, and let greed and desire completely escape. Rein, that's probably why those locals got nervous."

In the end, the squire gave advice: "If you or your friends need to seek medical treatment for some difficult diseases, there is no need to take the risk to deal with the locals there. There are also good urban hospitals in Fort Vinnecka Joffe to the east."

"Teacher, the place where you searched for inspiration doesn't sound... friendly." An originally thought of the word "safe", but she thought that her teacher was as powerful as the bishop of the church. There are only a few dozen strongest people, whether they are ordinary people in the countryside or ghosts and resentful spirits in the wilderness, it probably doesn't matter to him at all.

Thinking about it this way, the "fantasy journey" of this trip is more meaningful, and even a little exciting?

"Should we be more cautious and low-key?" Luna still asked her teacher worriedly.

"You guys are here to relax, just be normal tourists," Fanning said.

The mountains were soaked in the moist red glow, and Fan Ning and his party traveled towards the North Pole again in the twilight, until a remote small city hidden in the rainforest came into view.

The city towers are low, old and collapsed, and the area is scattered. The gas street lamps are weak, and the roof beams, spinning wheels, reed ponds and the coastline in the distance present dark or light gray shadows. The three people walking on the gravel road look like they are not local It didn't take long before they attracted the sideways eyes of the residents.

"Do you want to have dinner first?" Fanning asked nonchalantly.

"Ah... not hungry." Seeing that he was looking at her, Luna quickly waved her hand gracefully, but the subsequent "cuckoo" sound betrayed her.

The little girl blushed, and pretended to be calm when she mentioned the itinerary: "We should find a reliable guide first, because the musician Mr. said before that St. Athene's Hospital was abandoned in the suburban rainforest. If it wasn't for the locals , I’m afraid it’s even hard to find the direction, and your flying method doesn’t seem to be suitable for low-altitude sweeping in the cluttered rainforest..."

"A guide that can be 'trusted', here, this is probably a difficult requirement." Ann curled her lips.

Fan Ning thought for a moment, and led the two of them into the first tavern they saw on the street.

"Have you brought my money?" He sat down in front of the spacious table in the center.

A bald man with a fierce face and tattoos, a young gangster with a frivolous expression and a loud voice, a few men dressed as hunters with dark eyes, a group of drunks who drank bad wine and talked about it... all kinds of things The drinkers immediately turned their gazes around.

"...Bring it on, teacher." Luna hesitated for a few seconds, and answered as softly as a mosquito.

Shouldn't this kind of question be asked in advance or quietly? Teacher! !The little girl screamed desperately in her heart.

"That's good." Fanning took the waiter's menu, and pushed towards the two girls opposite, "Choose a few dishes that you don't think are very interesting, and then order all the others."

"..." Luna stared blankly at Fanning who had already hooked his fingers on the strings of the guitar for a nap.

"Okay!" Miss Nightingale smiled and picked up the menu and did as she was told. Although she was not very good at eating, she was obviously very happy that the teacher was so unobtrusive and generous.

At this time, Fanning suddenly felt a movement in the cuff.

With the help of his forehead, he took a look inside, and saw that the inner fabric around the wrist was extremely delicately damaged:

"There seems to be something on the edge of your desk."

Joan, who disappeared from last night to tonight, finally started to contact her again. Fan Ning's heart froze, and she looked towards the wide cross-section of the wooden table.

He saw a knife scratch, which was very small, very light, and there was no other color, but the cutting and fighting skills displayed by it were miraculous, which made people's thoughts rise and drift away, and even produced some kind of mind-blowing The mood of awe.

Witness Talisman of "Blade", the Lord of Qiyuan Witness?
Left by Poglerich of the Special Patrol! ?This undoubtedly reminded Fan Ning of the containment controller of the "Blade".

Moreover, Roy's intelligence had already mentioned that Poglerich was active in the Southern Continent, intending to contain the "Red Pond". Fanning's reaction at this moment was more shocking than strange.

But there is a problem, the purpose of my trip is...

As soon as Fan Ning felt worried, Joan's handwriting on his sleeve was erased and reappeared one after another:

"It's not stalking and peeping, it's the remnant of divinity."

"He has a revelation perception, but not a replica of the world's appearance."

"Business as usual, you are Scheler."

Fanning probably understood the situation.

As early as when he came into contact with the mysterious side, Viadrin told him a piece of basic common sense: even if the personality is as high as the Lord of Witness, he is not omniscient and omnipotent. In this world, there is no god in the ideal or fantasy sense in the minds of the ignorant. .

Poglerich has noticed many places with mysterious anomalies in the Southern Kingdom. After all, his subordinate Gang is also investigating the secret organization and "Apostle" clues in the Southern Kingdom. The former Saint Agnes area may be one of them.

He must have a very strong spiritual deduction ability, but it is impossible to see all directions and predict things like a god, otherwise the Special Inspection Office would not have to spend so much effort on divination of "disasters and catastrophes".

Scheler should have entered Poglerich's field of vision by now, and it is very likely that he will deal with him in the future. As for the issue of identity exposure... I had a photo with him when I was wearing a Vassius hat, let alone Now there is the "Fountain in the Painting" which is also the remains of the Qiyuan God.

Didn't He Meng propose a "pre-invitation" to Scheler for a complete work? As a musician who can teach the poet laureate and a master who can challenge the bishop, he takes two students to his It is quite reasonable to think that it is necessary to go to mysterious places for inspiration.

Fan Ning once again defined the style of acting in his mind.

Just when he finished his forehead movements and looked away from his cuffs, a young male voice sounded:
"Dear little sister, here are flowers for you."

The handsome boy in a brown coat handed Luna a beam of light that looked like purple stars.

"Thank you." If the other party hadn't acted so proactively, Luna might have hesitated for a moment, but the bouquet of flowers was almost directly stuffed into her hand.

"Two shillings." The young man looked sincerely.

It turned out to be sold to me, well, I have already accepted it, it seems that it is not easy to refuse... Luna began to lower her head and rummaged in the money bag she had already taken out.

Most of it was gold coins, and some silver coins that had been changed were mixed in, and soon she found two silver coins.

"It's 2 shillings per flower." The boy immediately emphasized in a sincere tone, "This bunch has more than [-] flowers. To be specific, let me count—"

"My son, although you have worked hard, we should be generous." A deep voice came from the direction of the men dressed in black as hunters, "Little girl, just pay him 50 pounds."

"..." Luna froze, and An, who lowered her head to select the menu, looked up in astonishment.

The little girl thought she had gotten into trouble by accident.

What a fortune fifty pounds is!Even if I serve all the dishes in the tavern, I'm afraid it's only one-tenth of it. I set off lightly and in a hurry this time, so I didn't bring much money.

"Are you locals?" At this time Fan Ning also raised his head, and his eyes fell on the strong man.

"This question is too incompetent!" A hunter stood up with a smile, turned away, and deliberately let the sharp knife at his waist shine coldly, "Everyone, apart from these guests who like flowers, is there anyone here?" Are they from the locals?... However, I would like to welcome the two lovely girls to become our locals from tonight, and flowers will be given for free..."

"Hahahaha..." The tavern erupted in laughter, and the drunks and gangsters whistled loudly.

Luna was a little uneasy and dazed, while Ann began to turn pale and bite her lips tightly. This kind of frivolous and rough atmosphere in a remote town made the two little girls instinctively panic.

"I, can I not?" Luna said weakly, she wanted to throw away the flowers, but felt that it was inappropriate, so she had to carefully put them on the table.

These locals immediately showed an unbelievable smile of "Can it still be like this?" Several men surrounded by them were about to reach out and speak——

"If you're a local, show me the way." Fan Ning raised his hand to interrupt the two sides, and reiterated the topic lightly, "Five gold pounds as a reward."

These seven or eight men of prey dressed as hunters immediately sat down in twos and threes at the other tables beside Fanning's dining table.

"You are the rightful master? When you come up, you ask for a commission. You don't have much sincerity and your tone is not small."

"However, the last payment should be settled before making a transaction. This is the basic principle, and so many people can testify."

After noticing the extraordinary texture of his guitar, the leader showed even more greedy expression: "If you don't have so much cash, your guitar is also a pawn that can be reluctant."

"This violin is worth at least 100 pounds, you really don't know it." Fanning raised his head and glanced at him, "50 pounds, right? Flowers are quite expensive..."

He reached out and took Luna's money bag, and rummaged through it slowly: "Why is the money so scattered?"

Fan Ning's words obviously made the leader a little annoyed, but since the other party was looking for money, he suppressed the greedy thoughts in his heart and waited for the other party to "pay".

"No banknotes, only gold coins, don't play tricks." Under the situation of a large number of people, he reminded the foreigner again.

Fan Ning was holding two large, thick gold coins of 25 denominations, and scratched the crisp sound of "jingling" on the strings: "If it's fake, take a look?"

The man in black immediately took it, and threw one of them to his deputy for a signal before distributing it, while he held the other firmly in his hand and rubbed it for inspection.

"hiss"

Less than two seconds after the joy brought by the golden flash, the two suddenly cried out in pain, and the gold coins in their hands fell to the ground.

From the tiger's mouth to the palm, they were cut with a wound at least three centimeters long!

Bone was visible under the red and white flesh, and blood gushed out instantly.

In terms of the amount of bleeding, it may be relatively small for the time being, but the scene has become quite impressive in a few seconds. The sticky scarlet stained the palms, soaked the cuffs, and dripped a large amount on the table and the ground.

"Damn it, this foreigner has made a name for himself!!"

The men sitting next to them pounced up, pushed their seats back far away, and with a "swish", drew the sharp knife from their waists, and slashed at the young man and two women in the middle of the tavern!