The red moon returns

Chapter 19 Welcome, Lynch
  May in the Rhine City has entered early summer, and the warm night breeze blows in through the open windows.

The nozzle of the gas lamp spurted orange flames, making the small dining room brightly lit.

This is the public restaurant on the first floor of No. 221 Vila Street. The space is not large. Four people are sitting around the dining table, enjoying the cooking skills of the landlady.

Everyone was very happy, with relaxed smiles on their faces. It was hard to imagine that less than two hours ago, four people had just performed a farce.

After a period of confusion, everyone finally regained their composure and sat down under the coordination of Officer Natalie.

It would be easier to deal with it rationally. It was just a misunderstanding in the first place.

Under the introduction of the police officer, Lynch finally learned that the landlady's name was Maggie Hudson. Her husband, Duncan Hudson, died unexpectedly two years ago, leaving only an only daughter, Martha. From then on, mother and daughter People depend on each other and rely on this apartment to make a living.

Mrs. Maggie loved Martha very much, the result of her love for her late husband. Lin Qi thought about how he had just waved the ring that his daughter never left her body in front of others, so it was not surprising that he was misunderstood.

Question: Do you know how much your precious daughter deserves a spanking?

Lynch wanted to tell her on the spot what her beloved daughter had done today, especially when he saw that the little girl Martha who not long ago had cheated and robbed her and hit her with a clay pot was now acting like an obedient and good child. Still nestling in his mother's arms, Lynch's thoughts became particularly strong.

The previous experience really made him a little scared. No matter who Lynch was, he never thought that a group of children would use such an insidious method to rob, so that he almost fell into the trap without any defense twice in a row. Looking back now, he still I find it creepy and I need to teach this kid a lesson.

The words were on his lips, but when he saw the despair and pleading in Martha's eyes, Lynch still softened.

Let's wait for two more days. At least give her a chance to explain in private. If she really can't accept her explanation, it won't be too late to expose it. Even if you can't tell Ms. Maggie directly, you can at least tell Officer Natalie and she will help handle it.

Therefore, Lynch just made up a story, saying that he was asking for directions in an alley, and Martha was frightened and ran away. Temporarily covered up.

As for Officer Natalie, she was the aunt Martha mentioned. She rushed over as soon as she finished the report, just to ask Lynch if anyone had come to view the house, but she happened to bump into the crime scene.

After figuring out everything, Ms. Maggie was so embarrassed that she almost fainted on the spot. The heat in her head was enough to make coffee. After she woke up, she immediately warmly invited Lynch to stay. In order to express her apology, she was willing to reduce the rent by ten shillings a month.

However, Lynch did not accept her price reduction, and still chose the rent of three pounds and ten shillings per month, but changed the first three months' rent that should have been paid in one lump sum to monthly payments. After all, they were living on rent, so Lin Qi felt that he was not embarrassed enough to take advantage of others.

In fact, Lin Qi still had concerns. Although he was very satisfied with everything here, and the taste just now had a long and lingering aftertaste afterwards, he always felt that Mrs. Maggie's love for her daughter had reached the point of overreaction. It's not that she is doting on her, but it's as if she is always worried that her daughter will die violently.

Overprotective parents are common, but it's quite strange to be constantly worried about their daughter's death. So Lynch felt that there must be a story in it, and who knows what kind of trouble he might run into if he gets involved. But considering that I am already in trouble, a little more or a little is not that important, and the most important thing is that Officer Natalie introduced me.

Lynch could feel that Officer Natalie really wanted to move here.

The police officer was his savior. She had just been rescued by someone, made a lot of money from her, and introduced him to an excellent place to live. However, she turned around and threw away his request for help. This is inhumane. Lin Qi asked himself if he could do it.

So, on the evening of May 1399, 5, Lynch officially decided to move to Apartment 14, Villa Street.

When he hurriedly hired a carriage to rush back to the river valley to transport all his belongings to his new home, he was surprised to find that Mrs. Maggie had already cooked dinner, and three ladies, two large and one small, were sitting at the table, talking and laughing while waiting. He came back and took his seat.

He suddenly felt extremely grateful for his decision to move here. The wandering and fearful soul when he just traveled through time seemed to have found a reason to take root in this world at this moment. It was just a simple wait, but it made him feel uncomfortable. He developed a strong sense of belonging to this world.

At least there are still people waiting for me, at least there are people who accept me. Traveling companion, do you think we will make this the first stop on this journey?
  [This is your journey, Awakened One, and I will witness every decision you make. 】

‘I know, so I didn’t ask you if you were okay. I asked if you felt okay. ’

There was silence in my head, and a gentle voice came after a long time.

【it is good. 】

‘Thanks, traveling companion. ’ Lynch clutched the pendant on his chest, ‘Then from now on, I belong to this world, and I am Lynch Leviev. ’

[Then, welcome...Lynch. 】

Leaving his luggage on the porch, Lynch cheered and sat down in his seat happily. This shocked the three ladies, and then he couldn't help laughing. He couldn't figure out what he was happy about, so he could only It was suspected that he had fainted from hunger.

In front of him was a large plate of cream stew, two slices of fried bacon, and a large piece of white bread. It was not actually very rich, but compared to the hard piece of bread at noon, it was already delicious in the world.

The fragrant cream, fluffy potatoes, and soft and delicate chickpeas are mixed together to create a thick dish that will melt in your mouth. But the vegetable leaves floating on top are crisp, crisp and refreshing, leaving a fragrance on the lips and teeth. They are also soaked in the creamy soup. One taste and two textures make people unable to put down their utensils.

Take a big mouthful of soup, then take a small bite of bacon, letting the crispy and salty meat texture fill your mouth. Take the opportunity to take a big bite of bread, blending the several flavors together and swallowing it in one bite. None of them are good things, but everything is full of the flavor of life.

After having his first comfortable and full meal since time travel, Lin Qi breathed a happy sigh, looked at the three ladies in front of him, suddenly blinked mysteriously, raised his fingers to make a silent gesture, and then sneakily He went to his luggage, slipped back with a red wine bottle, and placed it in front of Officer Natalie.

The police officer picked it up and looked at it curiously, and her expression became serious.

There is no formal sales label. In red wine, this is a label in itself, which means the value of the wine. Generally, this kind of wine... The lady looked at the mouth of the bottle skillfully and suddenly let out a scream.

"Ten years of aging at Huesca Winery? This is high-end goods that you can't buy for a pound. Lynch, where did you get it? Such a good thing, what do you mean by showing it off? Put it away quickly."

Yes, high-end goods, this is the bottle of good wine that the original owner of the body ordered from Latis' kitchen last night before he died, a bottle of Huesca wine for one pound.

It's not a top-notch wine, after all, you can order it in a hotel, but it's still quite expensive. When Lynch was moving just now, he took a detour to Ladis Kitchen. He originally wanted to resell the wine on the spot. After all, he was not interested in red wine, so it would be better to get a pound of cash. However, after getting the wine, he suddenly One thing comes to mind.

When the suppression of strange objects went out of control last night, Officer Natalie mentioned twice that he had survived and invited him to drink. Coupled with the skillful movements of the police officer at the Scarecrow Club today, I am afraid she has a unique preference for wine.

Although Lynch is currently living in poverty and knows that he may have to live frugally for a long time in the future, he is not stingy with his friends, so after a moment of hesitation, he packed the bottle in his suitcase and brought it back. It was a surprise for the police officer.

Sure enough, she guessed it right. Officer Natalie screamed and her words were incoherent. Mrs. Maggie was still considerate. Looking at Lynch's expression, she guessed what he was thinking. She consciously took the corkscrew and wine glass and poured out the red wine. Unsealed on the spot.

I’ll give you a whole bottle of red wine. You may not accept such an expensive gift, but it’s okay to open it and drink it together. After a few glasses, I’ll let you take away the rest. Who in the right mind would refuse?
  Lin Qi couldn't help but secretly give Mrs. Maggie a thumbs up. This was the euphemism of a mature woman, and he knew that it was still far from enough.

Sure enough, Officer Natalie had no resistance and drank several drinks. It was not until the clock struck ten o'clock that the landlady and her daughter were about to rest, and the dinner ended sadly. Mrs. Maggie took Martha to pack the dishes and get ready for bed, while Officer Natalie followed Lynch to his new home on the second floor.

"Thank you for today." Turning on the gas lamp, the police officer naturally sat down on the sofa in the living room, "Do you see that I hope you live here?"

"I really like it here, and the price/performance ratio is really right. It's worth paying the extra price. So, what's their problem?"

The police lady sighed and explained: "It was two years ago. My father had just passed away. I took over his responsibility and became the new watchman. The Duncan Hudson family was the first mysterious contact I wanted to save. By."

Lynch nodded and sat down opposite her.

"Unfortunately, in the end, Duncan was too deeply connected to the mystery and failed to survive, but Maggie and Martha survived."

"This can be considered a reward, half the battle is won."

"How can the mysterious world be so gentle? Once you have established a connection with the mystery, you can never escape. The mystery is like a nightmare, it will always linger around you, and it often comes to you inadvertently, leaving the victim to face the strangeness again. Death. This is unsolvable, so every survivor of a mysterious incident actually lives in the shadow of mystery and spends the rest of his life in fear."

Only then did Lynch understand what the words Linda, the bartender, said at the club meant. It seemed that if he didn't have to become a soul shifter to survive, he would also be in this situation, and beware of being mysteriously visited at any time. .

"So I have selfish reasons for suggesting that you live here. I wouldn't introduce ordinary people to come here because it would harm them. But you don't have such concerns, so I hope you can help me take care of them both." , I think with your adaptability, living together can completely protect their safety."

"I will try my best, don't worry, but is this why Mrs. Maggie is too nervous about Martha?"

"Yes, Martha was actually no less affected by the mystery than her father at the time. She was just lucky enough not to die. This made her more susceptible to being intruded by the mystery than Maggie, so Maggie was always overly nervous and worried that the mystery would bring Martha down. Take it away from her, and it will be the same today, don’t mind.”

"I'm afraid I may not be overly nervous today." Lynch sighed, "My inspiration sensed a mysterious residue on her ring, but it's not obvious on her body. It was her father's relic, could it be two years ago? Left behind?"

"Impossible, no residue can be left for two years." Officer Natalie's face became serious, "This means that she has been exposed to mystery recently."

"Will it be dangerous?"

"It's hard to say. I'll find a chance to ask her about her situation first."

"Well, I will also look for opportunities to ask in the next two days."

"You'd better solve your own problems first." Natalie glared at him, "I've finished writing the report. If you can't solve it, I didn't write it in vain."

"Well, I will go to several churches tomorrow to find out the situation first. I will be back in the evening. If you can't find me if you can't find me, just come here and leave me a message."

"Just go to the club if you want me, I'm usually there."

Natalie stood up, put on her hat, raised her sword, and waved her finger at Lynch: "I wish you good luck, Lynch. I hope everything goes well for you tomorrow. See you next time."

Lynch didn't get up. He waved his hand and watched the police officer leave. He leaned on the sofa in his new home and looked at the hazy red moon outside the window. He fell into deep thought for a while and came back to his senses after a long time.

Phew, I finally have a foothold in the new world and can live a normal life as a human being.

Not bad, I made it through the first day successfully and got everything I needed.

Then starting from tomorrow we have to fight to save our lives.

I'm going to try a few churches tomorrow and hope to get good results. I also want to learn more about the mystery and extraordinaryness of this world. Do you think it can be successful?
  【Everything is possible. 】

‘Huh, this is not the response the system should have. ’

Lynch didn't expect an answer, so he stood up and turned off the gas light, walked into the new bedroom, opened the curtains, and waved to the red moon above his head.

‘Good night, traveling companion, we will continue our journey tomorrow. ’

The red moon hangs high, as always.

The moonlight is hazy and mysterious.

　To correct an error, for the taxi fare in Chapter 5, I originally wrote that I paid two 1p coins. There is a bug here. I confused the old and new currency systems. The new currency system (100 pound = 5 pence) only has 1 pence coins, and the old currency system (240 pound = 5 pence) does not have 5 pence coins, so I changed it from two 3 pence coins to Got 3 p, sorry, I will be more cautious in the future.

　　
  　
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