Shadow Covenant

Chapter 146 "From now on"

"Why don't you speak, what are you thinking, Paislin!" When Kuruman's voice exploded in his ear like thunder, Paislin escaped from the surprise of seeing this young adventurer.

"You...regiment leader, you...how did you know him!"

Paislin's words were a little hesitant, but his expression was impatient. After all, he didn't tell anyone about buying and selling horses, because he knew that even if his father had been working in this circus for decades, as the old head of the circus, Ku For the sake of the whole group's livelihood, Lu Man would definitely not allow him to be cheated and abducted. This is why he has been using a pseudonym outside, but he did not expect that this person in front of him would come to him based on this clue alone.

Calm down.

When he lost all his savings from the gambling table and owed a gambling debt that could cost him years of work, after paying off, he thought that his big heart could already bear everything, but when he really saw the young adventurer in front of him... Afterwards, he found that his heart seemed to be tightly clenched by a hand, and panic, fear, and inconceivability all burst out in his mind.

But soon, he suppressed the ripples in his heart.

It's okay, everything hasn't been revealed yet, he hasn't chosen to summon Aisha again, Aisha hasn't disappeared yet, she should still be in the stable now, he hasn't really found out that he is lying!Calm down, Paislin, you are the best!

While persuading himself in this way, Paislin pretended to be very puzzled and said to Woody.

"Why are you here?"

He didn't dare to make the deal public, so he could only pretend to be confused. The only thing that comforted Paislin was that he didn't tell anyone that Aisha was actually a magical creature. His father also told him not to Let others know, including the group leader in front of you.

So logically speaking, he should just be a coincidence, right!Just a coincidence.

I don't know if it's the psychological suggestion of his own words or other factors, Paislin's eyes are much firmer, as if he is not the one who has a ghost in his heart, of course the main factor is that he can be sure that Aisha is still stored in that stable, the young adventurer in front of him Those who did not ride it away.

"Oh, Paislin, it's like this. This young master's family wants to hire an equestrian instructor, and then find a teacher here. I recommend you to him."

Kuruman got angry quickly and left quickly. Seeing that Paislin regained his sobriety, he immediately began to introduce with a smile.

Among the nobles, equestrian skills are generally taught by their fathers or family guards and leaders. After all, most nobles must receive orthodox knight training if they want to inherit the title. Equestrian skills are naturally included in it. Only the new aristocrats need to spend money to hire foreign equestrian coaches. Although the circus has not received many such commissions, it is not uncommon.

Paislin didn't wait for Woody's reply, but he waited for the reply from his own circus master Kuruman, and this reply made Paislin feel relieved, but it was accompanied by a strong feeling of anger. Shocked, because he never imagined that he had just cheated the horse, and then the horse buyer came to him, ready to hire him as an equestrian coach...

what is this!
For a while, he didn't know whether he was scolding himself as the head of the troupe for being ignorant and confused, but he was still grateful for thinking of him at this time. After all, in the circus, besides him, there was another equestrian performer whose horse skills were no better than How bad is he.

"Uh, Captain, let me have a chat with this young master alone."

"That's fine, I'll leave it to you, I'm optimistic about you, Paislin, although your father's equestrian skills and yours are not very good, but being able to tame such a powerful plateau horse is enough to prove your strength! "

Hearing this, the aged Kuruman smiled kindly and patted Paislin's shoulder, his eyes beckoning him to seize this opportunity. After all, learning equestrian skills is much faster than performing, but usually there are such Need, travel ten cities may not necessarily have one.

"Eh... this young master, we meet again."

What was more embarrassing was that Paislin found that he was a little short of words, he didn't know where to put his hands, and finally he could only look at him with pleading eyes, but surprisingly, the young adventurer in front of him seemed to see that he Embarrassed, he offered to go to a quieter place to chat.

This hit Paislin's heart, after all, there were people coming and going here, so he couldn't wait to follow Woody into a temporary wooden house that hadn't been demolished in the future.

After closing the wooden door, ignoring the cartoon bear logo hanging on the wall, and blocking the hustle and bustle outside the door, the whole world fell silent.

Paislin slumped on the chair, looked at the young adventurer who was waiting for an explanation, slowly straightened his body, then stood up, bowing solemnly.

"I'm sorry, young master, I'm sorry, I lied to you earlier."

"Oh?" The person in front of him seemed to be attracted by his apology, Paislin hurriedly continued to try to suppress his tone, and tried to look uncomfortable.

"Although there are dragon beasts in the circus, the horse is not eliminated, but my partner."

"I can see it." The voice of the person sitting opposite was still calm, and he didn't seem to be affected at all.

Hearing this attitude, Paislin didn't dare to continue to exaggerate, but told his own experience, nine truths and one falsehood.

"It's not a problem, the problem is me..."

Under Paislin's hard-working speech, he portrayed himself as a young man who went astray, because he urgently needed a sum of money to repay his gambling debts, and because he was afraid of the opposition and reprimand of the leader, he had no choice but to hide his father from the leader. The horses left for him were sold.

Speaking of deep love, Paislin couldn't help crying, his eyes were red, and his golden curly hair drooped in front of his eyes.

I am very sorry to ask.

"I'm sorry for my father and I'm sorry for Kuruman who loves me so much and trusts me! I cheated on him in the end! I deserve hell bro!"

"Oh, then I don't want this horse, just return the money to me."

As if moved by his words, the black-haired young man in front of him seemed to soften his heart, but Paislin's heart turned cold when he heard it. The 200 gold coins are only in his early [-]s, so how can he pay them back.

So he said hastily.

"No, no, no, since Aisha has followed you, it is your horse. It must be better in your hands than in the hands of my incompetent master."

"Then why don't you teach me equestrianism? That's okay too? If you have been an equestrian coach in my manor for a few years, I don't want the money from you."

The man in front of him proposed another suggestion plan, but it was immediately rejected by Paslin's blurted words.

"no!"

After he finished speaking, he covered his mouth, because he found that he seemed to be a little overstressed, but if someone else is here, I'm afraid it won't be much better than him. After all, only he knows how much he has learned from his father. The so-called The equestrian master is just some fancy tricks by using the control of magic and strange things. He would not dare to be so sloppy with another horse, and no matter how he teaches, once he teaches, he will definitely leak flaws.

So he could only pretend to be in pain and add an explanation.

"I think back now that Aisha feels sad. If I have to gallop with it on the same horse farm every day, and then see that it doesn't belong to me, my mood... You know, brother, it's not that I don't want to teach you, but My love for Aisha does not allow me to teach with peace of mind, and my guilt will flood me like a tide."

Although this description is a little bit wrong, but in order to dispel the thoughts of the young adventurer in front of him, he decided to deal with it like this.

Sure enough, the black-haired young man with a pair of golden eyes showed a sudden realization after hearing this, and said very understandingly.

"That is to say, you will be very painful and guilty when you see me riding your Aisha, so you can't teach me horsemanship, right?"

"Yes! Master! I don't know what's wrong. I originally wanted to agree, but...but...I'm really sorry..."

Paislin bowed his head sincerely to apologize, and after listening to the sighing reply from the opposite side.

"Okay! If it doesn't work, forget it."

At this time, the corner of Paislin's mouth, who was bowing his head, finally couldn't help but bend a little bit, suppressing the joy in his heart, and trying his best to choke out a word.

"Actually, Ren's equestrian skills are much better than mine. You can ask the team leader if he's free, or I'll help you find him right now."

As soon as the words fell, his body couldn't wait to stand up and leave this wooden house that seemed a little oppressive and dull to him now, although he just regarded it as a safe haven...

However, before he got up, his shoulder was pressed down by a powerful big hand. He looked over suspiciously, and found that the young adventurer who was sitting opposite him was standing behind his shoulder at some point. Looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Master, is there anything else?"

Paislin asked tentatively, feeling confident in his heart because the conversation just now was a bit sufficient, but what the black-haired young man said next made his expression change instantly.

"Don't rush away. Since you don't want to cancel the deal, and you don't want to be an equestrian coach to subsidize the shortfall, shouldn't you hand over your horse to me? The deal should be completed."

There was no threat at all in Woody's words, but it was like a thunderbolt in Paislin's ears. His legs trembled and he couldn't stand up at all. He sat back on the seat whose buttocks had just warmed up, and his brain was overloaded immediately. .

"What horse?" He forced a smile.

"Master, are you joking, isn't Aisha in the stable now? I've already given it to you."

Woody sighed, seeing that the person in front of him was still pretending to be confused, he directly settled the situation.

"Sir, don't try to deceive me anymore. That horse is just an illusion summoned by a magical object, not a real creature of flesh and blood. According to the contract, you should give me the strange object that manipulates that horse." Is it considered that the transaction is completed, or is it that you plan to summon the dark horse again after you leave here, trying to cheat me of the 200 gold coins."

The previous words were still polite, but the latter was already a business-like and decisive tone.

"You can see it!"

Paislin, with a blank mind, said blankly, although he still wanted to struggle, but looking at the pair of golden eyes that already contained a cold light, he subconsciously said what was in his heart.

But immediately he found something wrong, that is, the young man in front of him clearly saw this, and he stepped into this net without hesitation. He thought he was a big idiot, but he didn't expect that the last idiot turned out to be himself.

Why did you buy it when you saw it?Why agree!

Paislin's first reaction was not to blame himself, but to blame. Although he didn't dare to say it, his angry and unwilling eyes had already expressed his dissatisfaction.

"You're shameless!" He was blushing for a long time before he choked out three words, and his tone of speaking had lost respect and turned into hysteria.

However, Woody saw his expression with his own eyes, from dull, to doubt, to surprise, to anger, and finally to hysteria. There was a stab in the heart.

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to fulfill the contract. Let the head of the team be the referee. Let everyone see who is more shameless."

"Quin... No, Mr. Paislin, you don't want your leader to find out about your private deception, do you? I had a good conversation with leader Ling just now, and he plans to promote you to be a deputy. long."

Woody said with a regretful face, as if an opportunity slipped from his hands inadvertently.

"Deputy Head?"

Hearing Woody's words, Paislin was dumbfounded, why didn't he see it, yes, not long ago he said why this bad old man is so strict, what keeps him busy is proficiency in equipment, and management order ,turn out to be……

Seeing Woody's back about to turn around and leave, Paislin said hastily.

"Don't! Don't! Sir! Please! Don't!"

Suddenly he found that he had a way out, and under the balance, it seemed that even if he made a fuss, it would be unreasonable, but he seemed to have sinister intentions. Paislin immediately developed a feeling of pride on the gambling table, and directly decided on Stud, but before Stud, He made a condition.

"I will give you the agate statue left by my father, Aisha is yours, but... there is one condition, that is, you can't tell my leader about it, otherwise I will smash the agate, I will Not to you either!"

He said almost pleadingly that he had already lost one thing, and now he was like a victim who fell into the sea, facing the last straw, steadfastly refusing to let go.

Upon hearing his reply, Paislin noticed that the smile on the young adventurer's face suddenly became sincere, and even put his hands on his shoulders, speaking persuasively like a friend.

"Of course, I told him what's the good, funny, give me I'm leaving now."

"really?"

Paislin was a little suspicious. Obviously, the psychological shadow caused by the young black-haired youth in front of him was immeasurable.

"You swear, you swear by the God of Dawn, from now on, you will never tell anyone about this matter."

In Ashland, swearing by God is a very risky oath. After all, there are really gods in this world, and the oath is intended to make him listen. Although he may not listen anymore, if he hears and violates it, then result……

But what Paislin didn't expect was that the adventurer with golden pupils in front of him swore without hesitation to the oath that other people had to hesitate again and again, which shocked him and convinced him.

"Then... it's yours."

Paislin, who had the deputy leader as a guarantee, although he was still reluctant to give up on the agate war horse statue, still felt distressed and broke off a horse-shaped stone inlaid with it from his belt, and in the blink of an eye, In Paslin's hands, it turned into an obsidian-colored horse slightly bigger than a palm. From the look of it, it was exactly the same as Aisha in the shed.

"Release."

Woody said calmly, as a veteran who has owned this kind of strange statue many times, directly snatching or pulling it will cause the statue to be damaged by the soul. After all, although this agate war horse statue is no different from ordinary creatures, it The source of the main activity is to devour some of the master's spirit, which can be restored every day, so to some extent it can also be said that it is both prosperous and ruined with him.

The reason why he didn't snatch it directly was to let him unlock the key on his own initiative.

Hearing this, Paislin knew that his defeat was not unjust, and hated himself for being suddenly blind, and wanted to go forward to coax a young and rich man.

Sighing, Woody finally got the agate foal statue that looked like volcanic glass, and he immediately used his spirit to touch it.

Instantly connect to this agate war horse statue, and then make a contract in one go.

After feeling that an extra thread in his spirit was distributed to the statue in front of him, Woody also had a tinge of joy in his heart.

When Paislin saw him like this, he also bowed his head and resigned. Now he just wants to be the deputy head of the regiment safely and securely, cheating or something, and has nothing to do with him in the future.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Because of the loss of his mount, he responded impatiently.

"coming."

But as soon as he pushed the door open, he froze in place, because he found that at some point outside the door, there were a group of city guards in armor, and his longing commander, Kuruman, was standing at the side. She looked at him worriedly.

Among them, a burly middle-aged man in silver-white armor stepped forward when he saw him, and asked him with a confused face.

"Are you Paisling Queen Khaki?"

"Uh, yes."

Paslin asked with a puzzled look.

"Is there a problem?"

The middle-aged man on the opposite side said with a serious face.

"I am Wei Le from the City Guard Office. I just received a report from an insider that you are suspected of selling horses in various port cities to defraud money. Now I will use the name of the Executive Office."

"Arrest you!"

Paslin looked back in disbelief. At the door of the wooden house, the black-haired young man was still smiling, watching him hesitate to speak, and explained word by word.

"I mean, from now on."

　5000 words, I will change it after I finally didn’t post it this time. Is this a good start? It’s too stupid, haha. As for the logic of the protagonist’s behavior, I found that I really couldn’t make Woody make a way to kill. The other path introduced, although the result may not directly kill Judgment, but this ending may be better than killing, and it is more in line with the logic of the protagonist's behavior. Of course, you also see it as a method of my hydrology, anyway I have a clear conscience, you said that my water is water, you can spend money to complain about it, I have already laid down, and I will win if I finish writing according to the outline!Great!
　　
　
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