A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 62 Javier Prelis

"Okay, where should I start? Let me think about it." Preliss sat down cross-legged without getting up.

"Have you ever heard of the 'Curse of Valentine'? You should have heard someone say the 'curse'. Of course, you may not have heard of it. If you have, I guess most of the townspeople will just tell you. The town was on bad luck, and the superstitious people in it felt that their bad luck was no coincidence."

Valentine's Curse?

Arthur seemed to have heard Karen and Tilly talking about this topic when they were at the camp.

What he remembered hearing from Karen was that a foolish woman had told her that there had been a massacre in Valentine and that the last surviving Indian had cursed the town.

At that time, Arthur also complained that he did not believe in curses, saying that he only believed in bullets and not other things. At this time, when he heard the 'Valentine's Curse' mentioned again by Prelis, could this be what he was talking about?

"I think I might have heard of some?" Arthur said skeptically.

Price pulled out a newspaper clipping from his pocket and handed it to Arthur.

After Arthur took it, he saw the headline above which read:

"Valentine's Curse."

"An unforgettable spectacle."

The following text reads:

"The town of Valentine has seen strange sights and strange sounds many times over the years, and local residents claim that the area has been cursed. After dark you can see ghostly canoes on the water and hear the choking sounds of Indian mothers. There are Usually when the wind blows, you can hear the shrieking from afar on a starry night."

Tsk, seeing this, Arthur only felt that these were nonsense, just some vague descriptions.

But at Preliss’s signal, he continued to read patiently:

"Local residents said that all this was caused by the brutal killing of an Indian family many years ago after finding the treasure..."

Arthur stopped reading the rest of the news. He was keenly aware that the most valuable part of this news should be this 'treasure'.

Preliss saw Arthur suddenly looking at him, knowing that he must have read the important part, and said:
"The treasure is real. Our Pralis family participated in the massacre of the Valentine Indians. However, our family only obtained a small part of the treasure at that time, and the rest was hidden by these Indians. Get up, which is the so-called 'treasure' mentioned in it. We also got two treasure maps made of animal skins at that time."

"And over the years, I found one of the remaining two. In order not to arouse my uncle's suspicion, I made up this strange disease. Of course, now it seems that it may be a bit excessive, but I am quite Troubled.”

"But I can't let my uncle know that I'm looking for treasure. Fabricating this strange disease gives me a reasonable reason to ask for funds. My uncle has robbed the family property and family business that should belong to me. I need to find This treasure comes to take back everything that belongs to me.”

Ah, what a standard story routine.

After hearing this, Arthur laughed anyway. Only he knew why he was laughing. He asked:
"So if you tell me this, you are not afraid that I will turn around and report you to your uncle? I believe this will directly allow me to get a reward that is not inferior to what you call 'a large amount of money' .”

Preliss nodded and said:
"You will receive it, and then you will also get a bullet sent to you by my uncle. Once you know the truth about the treasure, he will not allow you to leave alive. He has been looking for this treasure." "So, This so-called treasure requires four treasure maps, and now you have only found three. How are you sure you can find the fourth? If you can't find it, everything you said is meaningless." Arthur. He didn't even listen to Plelis's threat and said the most critical part of the matter at once.

Let’s not talk about the authenticity of the treasure. Let’s assume it’s real. But if you don’t have a complete treasure map, it’s still useless.

The West is not a small place at all.

"I can't tell you this for the time being, lest you become interested in wealth and kill yourself for the sake of it?" Preliss wasn't stupid either. He told Arthur that he didn't despise his own longevity.

"So you've talked to me so much, but our most fundamental problem is still unresolved. I need you to leave my hotel. My guests can't stand the noise you make endlessly." Arthur said back to the original question. on the issue.

Preliss frowned and said in confusion:

"I've told you so much, even told you the secret of the treasure, but you still care about your trivial little business? Do you understand that as long as you can help me find the treasure, you will get a reward?" A huge reward! That’s only a small part of the treasure that allowed us, the Plelis family, to build our current wealthy life!”

Well, for the sake of the treasure, Arthur decided to take a step back and said:
"Okay, I can let you continue to live here, but you have to stop your endless whining. Seriously, aren't you really tired of screaming like this every day?"

Preliss rolled his eyes and said:
"You come to call me for the last nine years, don't you think I'm tired? Didn't I just want to convince my uncle that I really had a strange disease and had to stay in Valentine? I just pretended to be like this , that old guy still doesn’t believe me, and he has sent many people to find out if I am really sick in the past few years.”

Arthur didn't care about this, he asked again:
"So can we come to this agreement? Can you stop the ghost screaming?"

"Okay, okay, after so many years, my uncle should really believe it. I will stop calling. So, about the treasure? Are you willing to help me?"

"Tell me, how can I help you." Arthur just said perfunctorily. In fact, he didn't really care about this so-called treasure. Just like he didn't believe in the curse, he still didn't really believe in it after all. The so-called Indian treasure, but considering that this man has been here pretending to be sick for nine years, Arthur felt that he could reluctantly listen to it.

At this time, Prylis took out another piece of paper from his arms, and Arthur took it.

There were two Indian-style tools drawn on the paper. One seemed to be a stone ax with an eagle feather on it, and the other seemed to Arthur to be a stone axe, but the stone on it was smaller.

"You can help me find them. It is said that they may have been taken away by the remaining Indians. You can go to the Indian reservation to have a look. They are engraved with words. If you see them, you will recognize them." Pu Riley said affirmatively.

To be honest, Arthur was very doubtful about this. They were just two ordinary Indian tools. Arthur didn't dare to say that he could find these two among the pile of tools after looking at them.

But that's what Prelis said, and he didn't bother to say anything more.

Now that the goal was achieved, Arthur was ready to leave. Looking at his pocket watch, he wasted a lot of time.

What?You ask what on earth made Arthur so anxious today?
Ahem, how should I put it? I asked people to inquire about the location of that sect before, and there was already news.

Therefore, Arthur was anxious to bring Mary back her brother, Jamie.

　Hey, code words can effectively stop random thoughts. If you are also heartbroken, you can try it.Don't let your mind be empty, otherwise emptiness and sadness will appear unexpectedly.Thank you all for seeing this, you have to watch me nag, thank you for your hard work.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)