Alien world

Chapter 193 46. Olme is just right
Carriages full of wine and food passed through the dark and dilapidated streets in the wind and snow.

Guards with weapons stared at the poor and scavengers along the way vigilantly. The vibration of the wheels rolling over the frozen corpses made them nervous. Fortunately, flesh and blood were hard to withstand the blade of weapons, and these hungry and cold poor had no intention of attacking the carriage.

Turning the street, the bright and vast manor in the distance makes the guards relax.Drive through the guarded streets, pass the gardens where the servants wander, drive into the kitchen to unload the goods-red wine from the highlands of Faerun, fresh fruits and vegetables from the south, they hit the silver plate, and the servants carry them through the auditorium. The team, marching into the brightly lit, never-ending banquet.

Annan looked enviously at the fruit brought to the banquet - he had never eaten it in Xingyue Bay, so it was very expensive.

Withdrawing his gaze, Annan moved closer to the broad back in front of him to avoid the cold wind. While stamping his feet to relieve his frozen body, he turned his head and swept across the line that was dozens of yards long—many people wanted to try their luck just like him, and there were many rich people. people and nobility.

For example, there is a young man behind Annan who is wearing a blanket but is still shivering in the cold night.

"My name is Albert Howe." He said to Annan who turned back.

"Olme Shao, no surname."

The young man who only found out that Annan was not a noble didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

The team moved forward slowly, and when there were still eight or nine contestants ahead, the chief guard walked out of the auditorium and stood on the steps and announced: "Mrs. Lin Dong is in a bad mood today, and those who want to make up the numbers leave immediately!"

The contestants who stood in the ice and snow for 10 minutes burst into commotion.

"Quiet!" The chief guard drew out his long sword, "If your jokes offend Mrs. Lindong, you will bear the consequences!"

The hustle and bustle of the team returned to silence, and few people left, so they couldn't stand the cold for 10 minutes in vain.So did Annan, he believed his joke - he lost if he couldn't see Mrs. Winter's gums.

In the next few minutes, several contestants failed. Annan was still confident at this time, until he was ranked first, and a joke from the previous person in the auditorium was vaguely heard:

An old rich man called his three sons into an empty room and asked them to fill the room. The eldest son bought a pile of firewood, the second son lit candles, and the third son praised "the people of the Kingdom of Rekanl live and work in peace and contentment", swear words and foul language Immediately filled the whole room.

Joan told the same joke, much funnier than the bard's "feeling the goblin's hand in his pocket", Annan's prepared joke was similar to this-

"Take him!"

Then he heard the chief guard's voice.

Get arrested if you don't make a funny speech? !Mrs. Winter, who looked like a tyrant, appeared in Annan's mind.

Not long after, the guard appeared on the steps:
"Master Olmer! Where is Master Olmer... Albert Howe!"

"I'm here."

The young nobleman puffed out his chest, took off his blanket, and walked up the steps tremblingly in his thin gown.

……

The brightly lit manor in the distance disappeared into the depths of the wind and snow. Annan felt a little relieved. He just came out of the dungeon and didn't want to be locked in again.

Annan, who was still thinking about how to sneak into the auditorium, didn't notice the shadows on the street. When Annan passed by the alley, they suddenly jumped up and dragged him into the alley.

The begging and howling sounded briefly, and the silence returned. After a while, Annan came out of the alley with a few wallets in his hand, and went back to the hotel against the cold wind.

Annan didn't see the knight girl and the other two strangers dining in the hall.

After greeting Uncle Murma, Annan returned to the room and poured out the coins he had snatched from the gangsters. There were piles of dirty coins, but there were only three silver coins and dozens of copper coins.

knock knock --

There was a knock on the door, and Annan opened the drawer, slipped the wallet and coins in, got up and opened the door.

The brown-haired knight girl appeared outside the corridor. She leaned forward and sniffed, then scanned the room in doubt: "Let me ask you when you will return to Breeze City?"

"Let's go first, I will stay in Betal City for a while."

Astolfo's eyes flickered with contempt: "Are the pubs in the city so attractive to you?"

"I've never been...never to a tavern!"

"Are the women in the city so attractive to you?"

Annan couldn't refute, because he really wanted to attract a woman's attention.

The knight girl "hummed" twice as if she had discovered Annan's secret, but they were just companions, not even friends, so they had to say: "We will stay in the city for a few days, please tell us if you need help."

"it is good."

After closing the door and hanging the latch, Annan went back to the bed and fell asleep staring at the old cobwebs under the eaves.

……

The frost on the windows blurred the snow scene. Annan woke up early, put on a felt hat to cover his faded hair, and walked downstairs on the creaking stairs, but he didn't see Joan and the others.Taking out a silver coin to prepay the rent for the next few days, Annan came to the street, wandered aimlessly, and unknowingly came to a dilapidated church - Joan's orphanage.

Annan, who had two silver coins and dozens of copper coins left, left two silver coins by the way, and the lady stopped him when he was about to leave.

"You seem to be in trouble..." The lady folded her hands on her chest, "God of justice and bravery will bless you."

"Didn't you say you're not a nun?"

"The god is dead, and his nuns and priests have returned to dust, no longer extraordinary..."

Annan planned to try again tonight. If he was caught in the dungeon, he would turn to the bard for help—anyway, the poor management of Betal City, he could get out after paying a ransom.

However, the mineral powder was about to fade, so Annan bought some orange mineral powder. After returning to the hotel, he washed it and smeared it on his black hair. He changed into a dress, put on a cotton coat and a felt hat, and came to Mrs. Winter's place again. manor.

"name."

"Olme is just right."

"What?" The guard who never raised his head even raised his head.

"Olme is just right." Annan read out this simple and easy-to-understand name. "As a bard, it's normal to have a strange name."

The guard wrote down the name, and Annan stepped into the snow-free manor again.Looking at the team, I couldn't find any familiar faces.Ten minutes later, there were only two people left in front of Annan.After one of them entered, Annan vaguely heard a voice from the auditorium:

"Do you choose jokes or riddles?"

"A joke... Mrs. Lin Dong... what do these two words read?"

"Ha ha?"

"Yes, you laughed."

"...Put him in a dungeon and let him out after laughing a hundred thousand times."

The contestant was quickly dragged out like a dead dog.Then it was the turn of the front runners, and the wind brought a faint voice:

"Do you choose jokes or riddles?"

"I choose riddles..."

"what is this?"

"Pellogo!"

"Wrong. Let him eat a hundred pelo fruits before going out."

Gumbling—

Annan swallowed, he was a little hungry.

"Olme is just right!"

Finally, it was Annan's turn—oh, and now Olme just happened to be on the scene.

(End of this chapter)