Sword Sorcery

Chapter 323
"What's the matter, guest?"

The bald boss panicked after being stared at, and asked Aaron anxiously, "Is there any question?"

"No, there's no problem." Aaron closed his eyes and said calmly: "Cooper Land is a good place. The former Viscount Cooper's tax was about [-]% lower than that of Viscount Steve. Had a good time."

The bald boss was stunned for a moment, never expecting that the "noble young master" in front of him would know all about the local taxes. This time, the bald boss became more suspicious——

"Excuse me, where are you from?"

The bald boss considered his tone, carefully inquiring about the other party's background.

Hearing this, the nearby soldiers couldn't help pricking up their ears. They were also full of curiosity and inquiry about this noble young master with a beautiful guard.

You know, a knight who can subdue a peak/quasi-peak knight is still such a beautiful and young beautiful girl knight. The power behind this noble young master is definitely not low.

At least it is also an aristocratic force above the 'Grand Duke' (Grand Duke with an independent duchy)!

This was the real reason why the soldiers in the hall didn't dare to act rashly. They talked about each other in private at most, but they didn't dare to do anything wrong.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to pass the first level of that girl's guard!
You must know that their captain is only an official knight, and he must not be able to beat the other party's girl guards, not to mention that they are a group of ordinary soldiers who are not even quasi-knights.

Aaron felt other people's gazes, as well as the envy, contempt, jealousy and other emotions contained in them. He didn't care about this, and responded with a smile: "I am."

"Once native."

"Pfft ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

The soldiers next to him immediately laughed, as if they had heard the most absurd joke, at this moment, the bald boss couldn't help shaking his head: "Young master, don't make fun of me, even if you say you are from the past The royal family of Chino, I will choose to trust you."

"However, you actually said that you are a local"

The bald boss was full of dumbfounding expressions: "This statement is a bit outrageous, I have never heard that the local man is the son of a great nobleman - you must be the heir of a great nobleman. Because, even Earl Bell can't recruit To a powerful female knight above the quasi-peak level, not to mention, you have the right to bring the female guards out to play field battles."

After finishing speaking, the bald boss made a 'you understand' expression, obviously he didn't believe Aaron's words.

"Well, your powers of observation are really sharp."

Aaron showed a look of helplessness. He had told a lot of lies in his daily life, but it was rare for him to tell the truth once, and no one wanted to believe him.
At that time, Aaron was just a young city guard, and he wore a helmet most of his duty time. There were not many acquaintances who knew him in Duolong Town. Coupled with the population loss caused by the war, it is no wonder that no one recognized him. up.

"We're not talking about that subject."

Seeing that Aaron had almost finished chatting with the bald boss, he finally asked the real question: "Boss, since you are from Cooper Land, you also passed Cooper Castle on the way to Doron Town, right?"

Cooper Castle is located in Cooper Territory, very close to Leo Territory.

When Aaron, Steve and his party fled the war, in order to avoid the main border of the Karas Empire, they deliberately took a detour to the Cooper Territory, which was equivalent to taking a zigzag distance.

If there is no detour, just like Aaron traveled all the way from Corvo port, he will first arrive at the town of Doron, and then the real target - Cooper Castle - the mysterious place where he got the "vertical pupil".

Aaron talked so much with the bald boss just to find out about Cooper Castle.

Unexpectedly, the bald boss shook his head and denied Aaron's guess——

"No, I didn't pass Cooper Castle"

The bald boss showed a look of doubt on his face: "The surroundings of Cooper Castle were sealed off by the order of Earl Bell, and any pedestrian had to choose to make a detour, so I made a long detour before finally arriving at Doron Town."

"Earl Bell ordered the blockade of Cooper Castle?" Aaron frowned slightly and asked, "Do you know the specific reason for the blockade?"

The bald boss shook his head: "I don't know. After Earl Bell took in the Cooper Land, he immediately ordered the area around the Cooper Castle to be sealed off, and no one was allowed to approach - I don't know the specific reason for the blockade." gone."

Obviously, the bald boss is just an ordinary person and doesn't know the real reason why Earl Bell blocked the castle.

"I see."

Aaron understood the meaning of the bald boss: "After Earl Bell got the Cooper territory, due to unknown reasons, he chose to block the former Cooper Castle."

Aaron reached out and knocked on the table, recalling Derek's words about "Secrets of the Forest" when he was in the Vincent Empire -

"The misty incident recorded in the "Secrets of the Forest" happened about seventeen or eighteen years ago."

"At that time, I was still a young man. When I heard this rumor with my own ears, I couldn't help thinking of 'I want to go to the forest to try my luck'-hey, I was also a teenager at that time. .”

When Derek spoke, his tone was full of emotion: "Fortunately, there were not many forest fogs on the Lunar Continent at that time, not every place had rumors of fogs, and even some countries did not have forest fogs once. "

"The same is true for the Vincent Empire. During that month, there was no forest fog."

"However, I was very interested in the forest fog at the beginning, and I collected some information privately. It is said that the several races that appeared in the fog seemed to be looking for something."

"Of course, I don't know what they are looking for. It may be an item, or a creature, or more than one quantitative unit."

"Anyway, that's all the information I know."

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Aaron continued to knock on the table, trying to recall Derek's words, and vaguely felt that he had caught some clues, but unfortunately, this 'thought' could not give him a glimpse of the whole history.

At this time, Aaron is like a small animal that "peeps a leopard in a tube", and is still in a hazy state of cognition of the true face of the whole incident
"It seems that I have to prepare to leave tomorrow."

Aaron drank the hot butterbeer in his glass in one gulp, touched the hot sweat on his forehead, and just as he was about to go upstairs to 'take a shower', there was a loud noise from upstairs——

"Damn it, the quality of the liquor sellers in this dilapidated town is low, and she got plaster and dye all over my body!"

(PS: Gypsum and ordinary dyes were more popular cosmetics in the Middle Ages, common among lower class women.)
Accompanied by the sound of cursing, a burly and strong man came down from upstairs. The next moment, he and Aaron met their eyes——

"Bruce (Aaron)?!"

The two exclaimed at the same time.

(End of this chapter)