Feast of villains

Chapter 3 3. Simple folk customs of Shin-Yokohama

On a cold snowy day, I met a little flower seller in thin clothes.

Nance asked softly, "How much is a flower?"

"It's only 18p each." The little girl took out a yellow rose from the flower basket and handed it to him timidly, "It's hard to see this kind of yellow rose in the wild. My mother only found four after searching for two days. If you can't sell it, it will wither..."

Such a pitiful tone.

Nance took out his wallet, and looked carefully as he opened it.

The currency system of the Black Gold Empire uses pennies and pounds.

One penny can almost buy one egg, and 1 pence is equal to one black gold pound, which is enough for a family of three to live on for a day.

18p a flower is not expensive.

Due to the raging natural disasters, most of the earth's surface has become barren, and there are still mutant beasts rampant in the wild.Even if the land that can still be planted is still short of all kinds of grain, how can I care about planting flowers.

Nance counted his savings.

A total of 726p.

It's almost the end of the month now, and there are still ten days before the salary is paid, and the daily food expenses cost 50 pence as a base... After careful calculation, the money spent on a flower can still be saved.

Nance exhaled, took out a 50p note and handed it to the little girl: "Give me one."

Although I don't know what to spend it on.

But just buy it.

The little girl wrapped the flowers in an old newspaper, and stretched out a small hand towards him: "Sir, you will be very lucky today."

After saying this, the corners of her mouth turned up, and a pure and innocent smile appeared on Xiao Hua's face, which was flushed from the cold.

"Won't you be lucky tomorrow?" Nance asked amusedly.

The little girl replied playfully: "Tomorrow I will also buy flowers from Little Jasmine, so I can continue to be lucky."

Lovely.

"Okay, I'll remember you, little Jasmine." Nance smiled, and took the rose in her little hand.

【Variation Rose】

A line of underlined gray characters appeared in front of his eyes.

Is this a preload function?

It seems to say that the database is open before, can you click in to view it?
With the mentality of giving it a try, Nance clicked the text with his mind.

[Ordinary roses are mutated after being eroded by natural disasters. They can be taken directly in water to have the effect of sedatives. After they are dried and ground into powder, they are the basic raw materials of potions. 】

A link is attached at the end of the text.

Nance clicked in.

A series of potion formulas spread out before his eyes.

【Changing rose*1g+poppy liquid*2ml=dream dew】

[mutated rose*1g+poppy liquid*2ml+bat tooth*1g=chaotic nightmare]

[mutated rose*2g+bat tooth*2g+absinthe*1g=night forever]

……

Take a look at it.

There are almost hundreds of formulas, and the names of each material and potion are underlined. After clicking in, you can see the detailed introduction, where to get it, and how to make it.

The font colors that appear are gray, green, and blue, representing the three material grades of low-grade, medium-grade, and high-grade respectively.

Nance studied for a while, exited this interface, and saw the most prominent two lines on the main panel.

【Destruction engine (inactive)】

【Guardian engine (inactive)】

Neither option can be clicked on, and there is no prompt on how to activate it.

After researching for a while, he found that only after activating the engine can the subsequent functions be activated.

It seems a bit troublesome, but it would be nice to have cheats... Nance comforted himself, and looked at the little girl: "Xiao Mo... where is she?"

The eyes are empty.

How can there be any poor little flower girl.

"You haven't got any change—"

Angry roars sounded in the square.

The people nearby looked over subconsciously, and turned their eyes back as usual.

Couples continue to whisper, teenagers who look like students are discussing new rock records, two company employees are studying documents while drinking paper cups of coffee on a bench; in a city like Shin-Yokohama, no one cares about a person who has been cheated out of money stranger.

Bought a lesson as soon as I went out...

Nance hid his wallet and walked helplessly towards the shops on the edge of the square.

32p.

The money for a meal.

It's not a big deal, and it's useless to worry about it, just pay more attention in the future.

Now the first thing is to fill the stomach.

Coming to a bakery stand, Nance ordered a lemon crisp and a small brioche, plus a cup of coffee.

A total of 26p.

The cream cake and lemon crisp came first, and the boss fiddled with the coffee machine on the counter.

Nance ate the cream cake.

After eating a small portion, the ferocious hunger finally eased a little.

Just as he was about to take out his wallet to pay the bill, a woman wearing a peaked cap suddenly approached him quickly.

"Sorry, let me borrow your body..."

The woman whispered something, and then hugged him suddenly.

"...?"

Nance was taken aback.

She nestled in Nance's arms obediently, and looked sideways at him: "Someone is chasing me, please help me..."

Nance tensed up instantly.

His gaze also moved slightly to the side.

Three bald men in suits walked through the crowd in a triangular formation, looking around as if they were searching for something.

They looked cold and resolute, and they were burly, no matter how they looked, they looked like bodyguards or thugs.

Nance clenched his fists.

If there was a conflict, he might not be able to fight well, so he could only hope that his status as "section chief" could scare them.

The well-trained trio gradually moved towards this side.

The square was still chaotic and disorderly. Someone pulled the trigger in front of the booth, the balloon exploded, and a doll bear danced thumpingly.

The bear blocked the three of them and this side of the line of sight, and Nance couldn't see them either.

At this time, the woman suddenly smiled, tiptoed and touched his forehead with her forehead: "Thank you, you are such a good person, see you later..."

Say it.

She turned around.

As soon as she took the first step, she disappeared into the crowd without a trace like ice melting in water.

Nance touched his forehead.

Another light blue panel appeared in his eyes.

【Susha】

【Familiar (human)】

[Faction: Greed]

【Tier [-] Familiar】

[Faction Talent: Good at creating illusions and dreams. 】

[Individual Talent: Realization]

[Individual Skills: Escape, Probability Theory]

[Information: A greedy poor ghost, a gambler who wandered in the old district of Shin-Yokohama, a disaster star, and took the initiative to go to jail in the ninth class to avoid debts; I just met a big wronged species]

Nance was dumbfounded.

This big injustice... Could it be me?

He turned his gaze blankly.

In the square at this time, where can I find the shadow of a woman, even the three big men in black disappeared out of thin air, as if they didn't exist in the real world at all.

He touched his pocket.

Nance suddenly realized.

The injustice is really his own.

"Guest, your coffee is ready." The shop owner with a swollen face brought out the coffee and said to him with a smile, "It's 26 pence in total."

"Uh……"

"Does the guest have any questions?"

"...Can you brush your face?"

The store owner turned cold, looked him up and down, and then grabbed it with a big hand: "Your coat is not bad, keep it to pay off the debt. Also, give me the lemon crisp—"

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"Bad woman...bad woman, it's useless for me to help her block it, but to use my kindness, hateful bad woman—"

On the way back to Lesson [-], the sea breeze blowing from the direction of the port slapped the head of the class like a fly swatter on the face.

Nansi, who felt the simple folk customs of Shin-Yokohama for the first time, curled up his neck in the cold wind.

Weak and helpless.

And still not full.

It's hard to pass the day!
Nance looked at the falling snowflakes wanting to cry without tears, and couldn't help wanting to cry up to the sky.

The former head of the department had just graduated and started working. Instead of leaving a penny in savings, he was carrying an 8-pence student loan and a 5-pence living loan.

The only money left on him was stolen. Now, even food is a problem.

Why is this so?
Clearly traveling through a civil servant and having a golden finger, these are two overlapping joys, and this double joy can bring more joy.I should have had a dreamlike happy time, but why——

Nance, who originally planned to resign and leave, learned in vain... no, he settled the account silently.

The monthly income of ordinary wage earners in the empire is around 4 pence, and his monthly salary is fixed at 1 pence, plus scattered allowances and benefits, barely touching the door of 5 pence, an absolute high-paying class.

It is said that ten thousand deaths will never give up, and he has [-] now, it seems that he should not resign.

Although there is only 1 left after deducting taxes and insurance, and a loan of 5 has to be repaid, there is still 1 pence left for living expenses every month.

It's enough for a single dog to be chic.

If he hadn't been the head of the class, Nance, who knew little about the world, wouldn't know what to do besides being a cowherd for a while.

If you don’t have a job, you will definitely not be able to repay the loan on time, and your life would be worse than death... Owing money to the bank is a troublesome thing no matter what era it is.

"Let's touch the fish for a while. If the situation is not right, you can run away with a bucket at any time. If you want to eat, um... rub the adjutant for a few days..." Nance sighed, and walked forward with arms folded.

The black iron gate of Lesson [-] soon appeared in front of his eyes, like the mouth of a giant shark, which made him feel terrified.

　Important: Because the protagonist has no original memory and knows nothing about the world, and the cheat has not yet been activated, the early stage will be very flustered and a little stressful.The first ten chapters are mainly to pave the way for the following plot, the appearance of two important female supporting roles (the heroine is behind).Susha will be fooled into being the male protagonist's personal secretary in the future, and the adjutant will treat the public and she will treat the private.The other "Noi" is from the lust camp, responsible for welfare in the early stage, and she is not only lustful, but also married with her sister-in-law, who can refuse! ...Of course, don't worry about pressing it for too long, the full activation of the golden finger and the second golden finger presented by the queen, as well as the huge turning point of the male protagonist's mentality, will be completed in chapters 11 and 12, and will start to explode completely in chapter 15.

　　
　
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