Alien world

Chapter 17 17. Double the Salary

The library is the same as the tavern, with a weekly salary of 1 silver coin.

This means that Annan earns 2 silver coins a week, which is already similar to the income of many laborers in the town.And the money is completely distributed by yourself.

It's just that the qualification test is still far away-maintaining an income of 2 silver coins a week, at least one gold coin can be saved for at least a year.

Annan reassured himself that the knowledge gained from the library was more valuable than the salary itself.

And it was pure fluke that he beat the three contenders—Annan remembered the surprise when they left.

"Your job is to keep the library clean and tidy, try to keep track of where every book is, log visitors and the books they've borrowed."

Victor leaned on a cane and led Annan through the rows of bookshelves.

"You should cherish these books like you cherish your life, and you are absolutely not allowed to bring anyone here."

"Does anyone borrow books?"

Annan looked at many books that were still brand new and had no trace of flipping through them.They are like those empty shelves in a library, waiting to be used.

"They didn't come to read."

Annan understood what the old man meant, even his mind was not pure.

Following Victor around the library and being indoctrinated with many rules, Annan asked when the old man was about to chase him away: "Mr. Victor, where should an illiterate person start to learn? "

"Is the person you're talking about yourself?"

Annan felt the shame of being exposed, and he heard Victor say succinctly: "Bring the book."

"Are you talking to me?"

"I'm talking to the "Evil Hole" on the second row of the bookcase behind you."

"May I ask which book "The Evil Hole" is...?"

Victor frowned tightly, as if to say that he already regretted inviting this country bumpkin.

"That one-inch book with a color cover."

Annan's palms were sweating, because he couldn't understand the name of that color...

Under the gaze of Victor, Annan moved to the front of the bookshelf and stared at the second row of the bookshelf: first of all, he knew that he knew brown, purple, red, black and gray, and after excluding the five colors in the second row, there were still three There are two books in azure blue and one in beige.One of the azure blue books is about the thickness of a palm, and the other two books are similar...

Annan secretly wiped the sweat from his palms with the corner of his clothes, stretched out his hands to the beige book, and turned to look at Victor.

"What are you still doing?"

The frown made Annan relax and pull out the book.But the torment is not over yet...

"Read the above."

"Mr. Victor, I can't read..."

"Read it."

"Okay." Annan opened the title page in frustration, skipped the title page, and recited the words he knew on the first page: "I...you...I...you...he...I..."

It seems that the damn book is the No.1 title.

"You...I...I...He...Bard! You...I..."

"Okay, stop." Victor interrupted Annan's chanting like stuttering, and let out a low sigh that was completely out of line with the serious and rigid character: "I don't want my librarian to not even know the words, so……"

Annan was worried, and said in an old voice:

"I'll find you some books with syllables..."

"syllable?"

"Misigma! You can't even syllable?"

"Um……"

"Come over at nine o'clock tomorrow morning, and I will teach you again!"

In any case, Annan was fired shortly after he was hired.

"My name is Annan."

"Victor. Hero Victor."

……

"To our fellow librarians!"

The bard played cheerful music, and the guests happily raised their wine glasses, followed by silly music, accompanied by the voice of "go to the library to take care of your business" who haven't figured out what a library is.

Annan wiped the counter with a smile.At this time, he should shout "I invite everyone to drink" to set off the atmosphere, but he was reluctant to spend money.

"I heard that you defeated three competitors. You did a good job." Fast moved to Annan's side and defeated the rich, nobles and mage apprentices as a commoner. Even if he was allowed to go, it would be impossible Better yet, "Evelyn, get our future mage a drink."

"I can not drink."

"Then juice."

Evelyn turned to prepare juice, Annan thought for a while and said, "Will they come to trouble me?"

"Those losers? No. They are not that stupid... Even if they are really that stupid, the elders behind them are not that stupid."

"Mr. Fast, what do you think I should do next?"

"Master the common language, learn knowledge, and make Victor like you. The last one is the most important."

Annan also thought so, but the last one must not be obvious.He had a hunch: Maverick?No, Victor just blamed the old man for not being a stupid old man, and was hired by him precisely because he didn't come for the interview for him.

Because he had to start a part-time job during the day, Fast gave Annan some privileges and allowed him to go back early when he was not busy late at night.

"Think of it as a negligible upfront investment," Fast said.

Annan, who got off work 10 minutes earlier, returned to Aunt Susan's house.

Back in the room, Annan took out the wooden box hidden under the bed.Two silver coins lie quietly at the bottom of the box, and it will take another week for them to become four silver coins.

Putting it back in place, Annan turned off the oil lamp, climbed into the bed, and let the night drown himself.

……

In the morning, Annan came to the library before nine o'clock.

Before the door was opened, when the clock behind the window pointed to nine o'clock on time, the neatly dressed old man appeared with a cane and threw the key to Annan to let him open the library door.

When Annan returned the key, Victor refused.This kind of stubbornness with trust makes it easy to like this old man.

Start sweeping the library floor, dusting the bookshelves with a wool duster.Victor was sitting in the sunny corner of the library where the sun was shining all the time, holding a book and drinking coffee.

Annan learned and recorded the syllables from the bard in advance, and after cleaning up, he consolidated it again from Mr. Victor.

Annan's talent in language also continues in writing.

Annan, who was holding a book with syllables, was sitting at the desk, reading quietly.Not long after, today's first guest came to the door.

"Are you learning the Common Language?"

The girl in the robe looked at the title of the book on the cover, "Universal Phonetic Alphabet".

Annan nodded, "What's your name?" She was about to register her name.

She didn't speak, so Annan flipped through the dictionary next to him and wrote "Girl in Robe" crookedly.

Seeing that Annan finished writing, the girl in the robe imitated the movement of silence: "What did you say to Mr. Victor in the end?"

"keep quiet."

"that is it?"

"Hmm." It was Annan's turn to ask, "Are you a sorcerer's apprentice?"

"I wanted Mr. Victor to be my teacher." She looked at Annan puzzled, "but Mr. Victor chose you."

"Probably because I'm the only one who wants to be a librarian."

"why?"

Annan shook the book with syllables.

"I haven't learned the Common Language yet."

(End of this chapter)