A strange world

Chapter 295 Section 148. The first day of conflict

Wearing a cloak and a crow mask, he looks like a standard scavenger. The key thing is that her voice is familiar to Annan.

Playful, a little rough, still a scavenger...

"Centurion?"

"Oops, I was recognized."

Annan suddenly reached out to take off the centurion's mask. She made a dodge movement, but stopped and allowed Annan to lift the mask.

Seeing the familiar brown-orange hair and ferocious scars, Annan pressed the mask back: "Why are you here?"

The centurion slapped away Annan who was in a hurry and put on the crow mask: "Because I have been transferred to the royal capital."

"No……"

Annan saw the centurion in Breeze City a few days ago. No matter how fast the centurion was, he couldn't teleport as fast as the legendary mage... He came to a reasonable conclusion: "You are twins?"

"Who knows."

It seems that the cowhide will not be broken. Annan continued what he said before: "Why not? I killed countless bread er rat people in Breeze City, and also prevented the rat people from overthrowing Breeze City. This kind of achievement does not make me a centurion. ?”

The centurion didn't speak, but looked at Annan playfully through the crow mask, which made him a little uneasy. He changed the subject quickly: "What's going on in the capital?"

The waiter who brought the food on a tray was just right to alleviate the embarrassment.

"Don't you know?"

"That's why I ask, the entire king's capital, including the Mage Tower, Scavengers, Holy Grail Knights, Knights, Academy, and the Royal Family, are allowed to be invaded by rat men? By the way, I still remind the heroes of the rat plague."

The centurion ignores the part where he takes credit: "The royal family is working it out."

"Are you sure? When I came here, I saw people celebrating the defeat of the Skaven... The Skaven came out of the underground of the royal capital to attack me, and a whole clan was heading north. I can't understand your celebration at the beginning of the war. Behavior."

The centurion sighed: "This is very complicated..."

"I won't interfere."

Annan said seriously.

He hates trouble. The incident in Breeze City was because he was involved in the conspiracy. He was too lazy to take care of the affairs in the capital, and it was not his turn - he was just a small lord in a remote village.

"Whatever you want, have fun in the capital."

"Of course I will have fun..." Annan muttered and continued eating.

The portion of lamb soup was very small, and the soft bread was too large for even a young lady to eat. The waiter came over with the bill, and Annan touched his pocket, then froze there.

He has no money.

Annan, who was used to doing everything in Breeze City without spending money, only had a few coins in his pocket.

"Centurion..."

"I didn't eat." The centurion said so and left the restaurant.

Annan faced the waiter alone: ​​"Can you tell me again how much it is?"

"Two silver coins, sir."

"Two silver coins? This doesn't cost fifty copper coins in Breeze City. The most I can give you is 80...1 silver coin."

"Sir, this is the rule of Charles Restaurant, please don't embarrass us..."

At this time, the head waiter, who was leaning against the counter and staring at this side, came over and said, "Is the stinky Yankee King coming to eat?"

At this time, Annan had three options: Summon a large elemental to punish the foreman who looked down upon others, and feel proud; open the portal to ask Olmedo for money, and use the money to knock the foreman unconscious; or express his difficulties sincerely.

Annan raised his head: "I'm sorry, I didn't bring that much money... Can I owe you some first and deliver it to you later?"

The one silver coin and thirteen copper coins in his pocket were placed on the table.

The foreman who was about to scold suddenly looked into those mysterious and magnificent black eyes like black gemstones:

"...We have free activities in the store. You are our lucky one. Congratulations! Are you full? If you are not enough, please tell me."

"Really?" Annan put away one silver coin and thirteen copper coins in surprise, "I'm full, thank you..."

"nothing……"

The foreman watched Annan go out and leave with a doting smile.

"When will we have this event?" The waiter next to him woke up the foreman. The foreman shook his head and seemed to be more awake: "I just got it, go to work for me!"

…

The penniless Annan stopped wandering around and returned to the manor. He said to the elderly head maid: "I spent two silver coins at the Charles Restaurant, which is about 500 meters away. Can you send it there for me?"

"Okay, Master Annan."

Next, Annan buried himself in the study and read many local works describing local customs and customs that were only available around the royal capital.

One day passed, but the royal family never summoned Annan. Anyway, Kerberos' teleportation scroll is with him, and Annan can wait - until the rats in the Far North County advance southward to the royal capital, and those big shots who are plotting something have to do something.

He also wanted to travel around and revisit the church where he fought, but his shy pocket held him back.

On the afternoon of the second day after arriving in the royal capital, the first humiliation arrived: the bodyguard assigned to Annan by the Secretary of the Interior—a kobold.

The kobold guard wore a cool cloak and wore nothing underneath. He held a spear and stood upright - almost reaching Annan's chest.

"What's your name?" Annan asked it.

"Odo! Lord Annan!"

They thought they were humiliating Annan, and everyone in the royal capital was waiting to see Annan's joke. In fact, Annan was very happy. There were a large number of kobolds on the outskirts of Pinglin Town and in the Haunted Gold Mine. They drove away the miners and were driven away by the blue dragon. When Breeze City was founded, the kobolds followed the gnolls. Later, in Bethal City, because of Kobolds are worthless and invisible, which prevents Annan from having the opportunity to come into contact with the imaginary creatures he encountered for the first time in this world.

They are called kobolds, but they are actually more like lizardmen, with dragon-like heads on short bodies. Annan felt that dragons looked at them like humans looked at dwarfs.

"Do you know me?"

"You are the King of the North! A well-deserved big shot!"

Kobolds can't think of anything too complicated. When Annan asked why it was a guard, Odo honestly said that it was a slave kept by the Department of Home Affairs. There were many kobolds there who did the same dirty work as it did. Then he was lucky enough to be called by the big shot and sent him to the Northern Territory. The king serves as a bodyguard.

Along with the kobold guards, there was an invitation letter: signed by Duke Leandre Albert, inviting Annan to attend tonight's banquet.

Knowing the manor of Duke Leandre Albert from the old head maid, Annan set out in the evening, but because there was no carriage, he rented a carriage with the kobold.

The kobold obviously didn't know how to drive a carriage, so Annan took the reins himself. Dozens of minutes later, Annan, who had crossed half of the inner city, arrived at the manor of Duke Leandre Albert.

"Please also be careful not to let your 'guards' enter the banquet."

Annan handed over the invitation letter and asked the kobold to stay outside the manor, and walked towards the noisy and lively banquet under the meaningful eyes of the butler.